Today in a large dockyard of the Venice Naval Yard, a large number of people have gathered to attend a ceremony for the groundbreaking of the Milan, the lead ship of the Milan class.

Speaking of which, the Milan-level battle patrol is also a bumpy road, and the construction should have started in March last year, but who caused the sudden outbreak of the Messina earthquake in Italy, which caused more than 100,000 casualties and caused direct economic losses of five billion lira.

With such huge losses, the Italian government needs to prioritize disaster relief, and the military's funding has to be reduced again and again.

But now, after a sigh of relief, the Italian Navy can finally spare the funds to start the Milan-class battle cruise.

For this Milan-class battle cruiser, to be honest, the mood inside the navy is complicated, because its construction cost is not low at all.

At present, the Milan-class battle cruiser has undergone a little minor changes, mainly in the firing commander and radio, and in order to solve possible air defense problems, 18 40 mm anti-aircraft guns have been added. This anti-aircraft gun is also a masterpiece of the Italian military industry. In order to deal with the possible attack of enemy airships, the Italian military developed this anti-aircraft gun. This 40mm L/50 anti-aircraft gun has a maximum firing altitude of 85 degrees, a muzzle velocity of 714 meters, a maximum firing height of 4,500 meters, and 60 shells per minute.

Although this data does not look good, it is enough as an anti-aircraft weapon in this era. After all, the fastest planes in the sky are now only 200 kilometers per hour, and the huge airships are even slower.

However, no matter how it is modified, the first keel of the Milan will be laid here today, which marks the beginning of a new generation of battle cruisers. Of course, as the first major event of the Navy in 1910, it was natural to hold a groundbreaking ceremony.

So Admiral Yagill, who was the head of the navy, visited the shipyard and laid the first keel for the Milan in the presence of everyone.

When Admiral Yagill put down the first keel, the audience burst into applause. The whole navy was applauding the start of the construction of large warships, and the shipyards were applauding the new large orders, albeit for different purposes, but they were all applauding the construction of the Milan in front of them.

Then the shipyard brought champagne very intimately, and then the dock turned into a cocktail party, and the middle and senior management of the shipyard and the navy were staggered, promoting mutual emotional exchanges.

This is normal, for a shipyard, if you want to get an order from the navy, you must have a good relationship with it, and the kind of people who think that they only need to be skilled are immortals who live in ivory towers and do not eat the fireworks of the world.

On such occasions of staggering, there is also a focal point, and Admiral Yagill, the Minister of the Admiralty, is this focal point.

"Your Excellency Admiral, I heard that the Navy wants to resume the construction of the Cavour-class four?"

As the most well-informed person in the shipyard, General Manager Horn stood beside the admiral and asked cautiously.

"Why, your shipyard still wants the idea of fighting the Andrea Doria?"

Although the admiral did not say it explicitly, the meaning of his words was that it had been determined that the Cavour IV ship was to be built. Of course, the admiral's tone was not very good, and it was clear that he was expressing some dissatisfaction with his temptation.

As for the minister's dissatisfaction, Horn, as the general manager of the shipyard, could not hear it, but for the sake of the local interests of the shipyard, he had to bite the bullet.

"Yes, Your Excellency, our shipyard is currently the most powerful in Italy, and we are very confident that we will successfully complete the construction of the fourth ship, the Derea Doria."

Yagill didn't answer General Manager Horn's full assurance, but instead raised his glass. The meaning is clear, and I don't want to talk about it now.

Since the Minister of the Navy didn't have to think about it, what else could the others say, they could only raise their glasses and drink together.

In fact, for Cavour's No. 4 ship, the navy has not yet made up its mind. It has been decided to be built, and there is an attitude of taking advantage of the abundant funds to hurry up and start the project. It's just that the Navy has not yet made up its mind on the question of who to give the order.

It's simple to have a hard time, and that is to have a difference of opinion.

Some in the Admiralty believed that naval orders could not be patronized by their own shipyards, and that although the Venetian naval shipyards were strong, they could not rely on this shipyard to solve naval orders. Since several powerful shipyards are needed, the Navy cannot show favoritism in the distribution of orders, which is not conducive to the Navy's shipbuilding program.

And another group of people disagrees, believing that there is nothing wrong with the Navy order giving priority to its own shipyards. Not to mention the strength of the Navy's own shipyards, which can assist the Navy in completing the work of building ships. Of course, several other shipyards, naval orders can also be shared, but they need to meet the premise of their own shipyards.

The problem now is that the two groups of people have their own opinions, and neither of them can convince the other, and it is not easy for him, the Minister of the Navy, to decide this directly. That's why in the face of General Manager Horn's inquiry, he pretended not to hear.

Regarding the general's pretending to be deaf and dumb, of course, the others did not dare to continue to mention this matter, so they could only continue to socialize.

In fact, the groundbreaking ceremony of the Milan was not long, it only took an hour to complete. However, the reception lasted a long time, and lasted until the evening.

However, Admiral Yagill did not stay long, and he stayed for a while before leaving. He was still in a hurry to return to Rome to deal with the affairs of the Admiralty, so how could he stay away for a long time.

Early the next morning, Admiral Yagill appeared in the Admiralty building in good spirits.

"Hello Admiral!"

"Hello Admiral!"

"Hello Minister!"

“……”

With a warm greeting, Admiral Yagill came to his office.

"Blank, what's the priority for today?"

As soon as he entered the office, he asked his secretary. To be the Secretary of the Admiralty, it is necessary to meet the requirement that the documents to be dealt with be arranged in order of importance and urgency every morning before Admiral Yagill arrives.

"Yes, the top document has priority."

When I came to the desk, there was a stack of stacked papers on the desk.

Admiral Yagill sat down in his chair and immediately reached for the most important document, and when he read the title, he immediately knew why the secretary had placed it on top.

The title is simple, on the tactical role of battle patrols and their coordination with the main fleet.

Admiral Yagill ignored the title and looked at the author's column, which prominently featured the names of Leifell and Gomes.

Admiral Yagill looked at what these two had written. This document is not thick, about eight thousand words, and it will be finished in a few minutes after reading it, but Admiral Yagill is different, he read it for an hour and a half, and when he finished reading it, he raised his hand in Chinese and instructed the secretary. Eight Chinese Net

"Let the two of them come to me."

"Brother Shen!"

"Hmm!"

Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.

But it doesn't matter who it is.

There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.

on this.

Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.

Arguably.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The Demon Suppression Division is huge.

The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.

Have memories of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.

Access to the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.

The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.