Longzhongzhuang, North Institute of Technology Building, conference room.

Eighteen "Zhuge Liang" gathered together, everyone was wearing a scarf, wearing a crane, and holding a feather fan, which was really more unfathomable than the other!

Zhuge Weidao is now the same as other Zhuge military advisors, dressed up as "Zhuge Liang", and he is still gently shaking his feather fan there in the winter, not to mention how proud he is - he is now the decision-making level of the Ming Empire!

Don't look at his current rank as lieutenant colonel, he can also be promoted to the captain of a cruiser. But the Ming Empire is currently such a system, and even if the member of the core group of the Eight Great Families is a white ding, he also belongs to the figure in the decision-making circle of the Ming Dynasty. And the military division of the Zhuge family is undoubtedly the most powerful among all the core groups of the family - after all, these Zhuge military divisions are all able to pinch and calculate, and they can also lead other families to make a fortune together.

Zhuge Weidao pinched his fingers and knew that if this system continued to develop, it was very likely that the Eight Great Families would evolve into an existence like the deep state, hiding behind the scenes, manipulating everything......

"Ladies and gentlemen, the old man is 76 years old this year, and he will be 77 years old on the first day of the Lunar New Year the day after tomorrow...... In the blink of an eye, it was time to step back from the phase. And the old man also wants to take advantage of the fact that he can still walk, wants to go to Europe again, meet old friends for a while, and by the way, on behalf of the Ming Dynasty to discuss naval arms control with other countries. So after the New Year, the old man planned to resign from the phase, and then lead the arms negotiation mission to France. ”

Zhuge Weijiu, the old man's mouth, was fierce, and he instantly interrupted Zhuge Weidao's thoughts. He looked up and found that the other military advisors were also a little surprised, and they all set their eyes on this old prime minister who had actually controlled the Ming Dynasty for more than 30 years as the right prime minister.

"Great military division, you are retiring, which of us can take over as the right minister?"

The one who asked was Zhuge Weiyi, the squire of the Admiralty, and seeing that he looked interested, it was estimated that he was thinking about being addicted to the prime minister.

Zhuge weijiu stroked his beard and said: "The old man and Zheng Yiguan (Zheng Guozhong) said this, and it is difficult to block the mouth of the world...... Now is the time when we need to work together, so our Zhuge family and Zheng family can't always monopolize the phase, and we have to let others do it. This matter will be led by my Zhuge family, and the next right minister will let Yu Shaoquan be the one. He is not young anymore, and he should retire after a few years, and then you will be the tenth old. In addition, Yu Shaoquan's household department will be taken over by Zheng Shiguan (Zheng Guoan), the secretary of the Admiralty, and the Admiralty will be given to you. ”

After listening to the words of the great military division, Zhuge Weidao also sighed a little. Of course he knows what the old man means by "the mouth of the world"?

Xin Daming has engaged in compulsory education for so many years and has set up so many universities, of course, it has opened up the wisdom of the people. Of course, the people of the world, especially the people of insight in the world, are of course dissatisfied with the long-term monopoly of politics by the eight great families! And in the past two years, Daming's economy has not been very prosperous...... In short, the positions of the left and right ministers of the Ming Dynasty are either surnamed Zheng or Zhuge It doesn't seem to be appropriate.

Therefore, Zhuge Weijiu and Zheng Guozhong discussed letting Yu Shaoquan, that is, Yu De's uncle, Yu Quan (Shaoquan is the word) who is known as "Old Man Yu" take over, and at the same time moved Zheng Guoan, the secretary of the Admiralty Department of the Zheng family, to the Ministry of Household as a secretary, vacating the position of the secretary of the Admiralty for Zhuge Weiyi to take over.

Zhuge Weijiu paused, and seeing that everyone did not object, he said to Zhuge Weiyi: "Old ten, last time, it was our Gongdao Emperor Guangdi who went to test the bottom of the British, and as a result, he tried a paper tiger that is strong on the outside and dry on the outside!" Next, it's time for the British to come to Japan to find out what we want...... And Japan is an island country, and there is no land border with our Ming Dynasty, so if he wants to provoke, it must be at sea. We can't be like the British, who were tried out to be paper tigers! ”

"How is that possible?" Zhuge Weiyi said with a smile, "My Ming Navy already has ten 'Hongwu Emperor' level in service!" How is the Japanese Navy our opponent? ”

Zhuge Weijiu shook his head and said: "We not only want to win, but also win beautiful and fast...... To win big, to win quickly! Let all the countries participating in the Versailles Naval Peace Conference know that I am invincible tomorrow!

Old ten, I have heard that the Japanese Navy has four Four Heavenly Kings specially designed to deal with our ironclad ships, and each Four Heavenly Kings ship is equipped with a 320 mm caliber cannon...... Our Hongwu Emperor level can't let them sink one, not even hit hard! If the navy is embarrassed when it fights the Japanese navy, not only will the Japanese Diet become more and more vigorous, but all Western countries, including the Rakshasa country, will stand on the side of Britain against us. ”

Zhuge Weiyi almost laughed out loud when he heard the words of the Great Military Division: "Great Military Division, what you said is too layman, the Four Heavenly Kings Ship is simply a garbage ship...... It's useless. Wouldn't it be good to have more 155-mm guns on a ship of more than 4,000 tons? Even if you can't penetrate the armor of the ironclad ship, you can still bombard the targets on the deck. But those little Japan just want to stare at our eight or nine thousand ton Wang Ye ship, with a 320 mm giant cannon, one ship is one door, and it is also two Heavenly King ships in front and two Heavenly King ships in the back. Could it be that when there is a war, two ships with bows facing the enemy, and two ships with butts facing the enemy...... Hahaha, just kidding! ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help it, and laughed.

But then again, these four "Tennoship" named after the Four Heavenly Kings of Tokugawa are indeed rubbish. The strange design of the small boat carrying the cannon greatly reduces the density and accuracy of the firepower, and the hit rate must be outrageously low!

Don't go against the older generation of the Ming Dynasty's "Wangye"-class ironclad ship (named after the king of the Ming Dynasty), that's too bullying the ship. Just three or four thousand tons of cruisers to deal with them, that is also nine out of ten.

As for the Hongwu Emperor level...... Isn't hitting the Four Heavenly Kings Ship like shooting a target?

Zhuge Weijiu turned his head to look at Zhuge Weiyong, the chief of staff of the Navy, Zhuge Weiyong said with a smile: "Brother Ten is right, the Japanese Navy is definitely not our opponent, and there is no need for the three major fleets to gather, a Beiyang Fleet can easily solve the Japanese Navy." ”

The Ming Navy has three major fleets: Beiyang, Nanyang and Mainland. Among them, the Nanyang Fleet, which is responsible for the control and defense of the Nanyang Islands, the South China Sea, and the Strait of Malacca, is the absolute main force, and seven of the ten Hongwu Emperor class ships in active service are under the jurisdiction of the Nanyang Fleet. The Beiyang Fleet was inferior to the Nanyang Fleet, but it was stronger than the Home Fleet, with the remaining three Hongwu Emperor-class ships, supporting the naval control and defense of the Ryukyu Islands, the Japanese archipelago, and the North Pacific Ocean all the way to the vicinity of New Manchuria. The local fleet is the fleet of the guards, stuffed with a bunch of old ships, and only operates along the coast of the Ming Dynasty.

"One hundred and eight brothers, you are also a navy, you can talk about it." Zhuge Weilong listened to the opinions of Weiyong, and remembered the Zhuge Weidao who could really pinch and calculate, and wanted to hear his opinions.

Zhuge Weidao was not as optimistic as the two of them, and said with a frown: "Since the main force of the Japanese Navy is not our opponent at all, then they should not easily leave the port and die...... Most of them will retreat to Kure Harbor to protect their ships and avoid the battle, and at the same time send light boats and armed merchant ships to fight a battle to break the war at sea! Brother 10, Brother 51, tell me, if the Japanese Navy adopts this tactic, how should we break it? ”

"This ......" Zhuge Weiyi is a shipbuilding expert, and as soon as he heard Zhuge Weidao say, he immediately thought of camouflaged attack ships, "Daozi, you are right!" Although the Japanese built rotten ships such as the Four Heavenly Kings and carried cannons, most of their admirals studied in the United Kingdom, and the naval advisers were all hired from Britain with high salaries. I think most of them have secretly built a lot of raid ships, usually pretending to be merchant ships, and only when they get close to our merchant ships will they suddenly set up their guns and open fire! ”

"How do I deal with this?" Zhuge asked for a long time.

Zhuge Wei also sank with a black face: "To deal with attack ships, the usual way is to organize escorts, that is, to gather ships to form a team, escorted by cruisers or destroyers...... The firepower of cruisers and destroyers should be enough to deal with the attacking ships. ”

Zhuge Weidao came again: "What about the attack ship laying mines on our route?" ”

"This ......" Zhuge Weiyong's face darkened, "I'm afraid the loss is inevitable!" ”

Zhuge Weijiu saw Zhuge Weidao's confidence on his face at this time, and he knew that he had a way, so he shook the feather fan and asked: "One hundred and eight, if you have any tricks, just say it!" ”

Zhuge Weidao smiled and said, "As long as the Tokugawa shogunate succumbs, won't all problems be solved?" ”

"But how could the Tokugawa shogunate succumb so quickly?" Zhuge Weijiu said, "If their navy does not go out, and the attacking ships can achieve results in the battle, they may have the intention of waiting for the price to sell...... Unless we land in a big way! But Japan can mobilize millions of troops, and the landing is probably ......."

"You don't have to log in!" Zhuge Weidao shook his head, "Great Military Division, do you know the situation in Nagasaki City and Hiroshima City?" ”