In the early morning of the next day, the Lixia Jia-2 arrived at Canton Mansion, and then slowed down and slowly moored into a pier at the naval base, where it was greeted by several officers of the Nanyang Fleet and two civilians from the intelligence department.

As soon as they met, several people bowed their hands in unison, and the naval lieutenant led by him said: "It is a great luck that all the thieves have returned safely. ”

Zhou Changfeng jumped from the deck onto the dock and said with a smile: "Is the navy so enthusiastic?" ”

"Hey, this is the outside, this time I have returned victorious, and my Nanyang Fleet welcomes it." The dark-skinned, medium-sized major made a "please" gesture, "Under Li Yuanhai, Captain of the Fuqing." ”

Looking at the three destroyers docked side by side not far away, Zhou Changfeng couldn't help but be curious: "Captain Li, which is your ship?" ”

"The first ship you're facing is."

"See, um... What's that one in the distance? ”

Looking in the direction pointed by Zhou Changfeng, Li Yuanhai replied without thinking: "Oh, that's the Wuyishan, it's waiting for overhaul, and it is estimated that Ming'er is about to dock." ”

The so-called Wuyishan is actually the lead ship of the Wuyishan-class heavy cruiser, which is the latest treaty-type heavy cruiser of the Ming Dynasty.

According to the Washington Naval Treaty, auxiliary ships other than capital ships are limited to a standard displacement of no more than 10,000 tons, and the caliber of the main gun is eight inches, that is, less than 203mm; Later, the London Naval Treaty further detailed that the caliber of the main gun greater than 155mm but not more than 203mm was the heavy patrol, and the main gun caliber greater than 129mm and not more than 155mm was the light patrol.

However, the firepower layout of the Wuyishan-class heavy patrol was four twin-mounted six-and-a-half-inch, that is, 208mm naval guns in the front and two in the rear; The frontal armor of the turret was 176 mm thick and could withstand direct hits from eight-inch shells, the main armor belt on the side was up to 144 mm thick, the bridge conning tower armor was 192 mm thick, and the slightly weaker horizontal armor was 64 mm thick.

It is powered by 12 heavy oil boilers and 4 steam turbines, with a total output of 122,000 horsepower, which can drive the ship with a standard displacement of 12,600 tons to a speed of 32.2 knots.

In fact, the Ming Navy is not very interested in treaty-type heavy patrols, and they generally think that this thing is too chicken.

The light and heavy cruisers themselves are a very deformed product - the light cruiser is a natural extension of the armored cruiser, which is quite normal; But the heavy patrol was a forced division of the naval treaty, and in fact, everyone was not happy.

If it could, the heavy cruisers of any country would never be limited to the standard displacement of 10,000 tons, which was too restrictive and made the heavy cruisers a bit chicken.

Naval treaties are undoubtedly the toilet paper in the minds of warship designers of various countries, and they want to throw it away quickly.

By adding no more than the limit on displacement and not violating the caliber of the main gun, the designers had to make difficult trade-offs in many respects.

For example, the New Orleans-class heavy cruisers of the United States were forced to shorten the length and width of the hull and lower the bow, which deteriorated the seaworthiness and hull stability of the ocean.

It can be said that the standard displacement of 10,000 tons is a very embarrassing range, which not only affects seaworthiness, but also does not increase the armor much.

The Ming side was unwilling to be bound by this, so he proposed to go through the back door alone.

Because the London Naval Treaty stipulated the total number and total tonnage of heavy patrols of Britain, the United States, and China at the same time - 14 ships for Britain, 17 ships for the United States, and 14 ships for China; 146,000 tons in the United Kingdom, 170,000 tons in the United States, and 146,000 tons in China.

The Daming Navy proposed to take the initiative to reduce the total number to 10 ships, but to "appropriately relax" in terms of displacement and caliber of main guns.

I'd rather have less chicken breast than more chicken ribs.

Therefore, after some negotiations, the British and American sides demanded that one more ship be reduced, and the single ship should not exceed 12,000 tons, while the Ming said that it could, but the upper limit of the displacement of a single ship must be 13,000 tons.

The result of the bargaining was that the Ming Navy made a special exception - although the total number of heavy cruisers could not exceed 9, the displacement of a single ship was relaxed to 13,000 tons, the total tonnage was 110,000 tons, and the remaining 36,000 tons of total heavy patrol tonnage was allocated to light cruisers and destroyers.

Will Britain and the United States be willing to accept the restrictions of the naval treaty? Naturally, they were reluctant, but due to the impact of the economic crisis and limited budgets, they finally decided to build a cheap treaty-type heavy cruise.

"Zhao Rong, you take your brothers to rest, and I'll go shopping with Captain Li."

"Yes."

Although Zhou Changfeng originally intended to go shopping with Li Yuanhai, Shen Yu said that he was also bored, so the three of them went together.

"By the way, can we go to the Wuyi Mountain?" Zhou Changfeng asked sideways.

"Visit one or two? Bagatelle. Li Yuanhai didn't care.

The servants came all the way to the berth of the Wuyishan, and saw that there were many sailors and forklifts coming and going, and everyone's movements and expressions were quite leisurely.

Since we have to go to the dockyard tomorrow for overhauls, most of my personal belongings and supplies will have to be removed.

Standing on the dock, I saw that the huge twin-mounted naval guns were slightly inclined to the sky, and the heavy patrol with a standard row of 12,600 tons and a full row of 15,400 tons was in front of me, like a steel hill.

Solid and solid, calm and generous appearance, and then imagine the scene of the side to meet the enemy and the main gun salvo, Zhou Changfeng was surging for a while.

Heavy cruisers are still like this, how shocking would it be if they were battleships?

Truth be told, he really wanted to see China's own battleship with his own eyes and touch the huge guns that were big enough for an adult.

Unfortunately, Li Yuanhai told him that several battleships of the Nanyang Fleet had already gone to sea for gunnery training, and the Zhenguan and Yonghui in Hong Kong were also anchored at the Zhanjiang base.

Zhou Changfeng, who was a little regretful, followed him to the deck of the Wuyishan, and after expressing his intentions, a small lieutenant enthusiastically took the initiative to lead them on a tour.

It was a little strange that the perimeter wind suddenly sneezed when it passed through the various cabins of the heavy patrol - there were only fans inside the cabins, and it was also very hot, how could it sneeze? Could it be that someone is scolding me?

At the same time, a mansion in the middle of the capital ......

"Is that man lacking eyes? People instigated a few words, and he really went? ”

Zhu Lingjing only learned today that Zhou Changfeng led a hastily organized team to Batavia to kill the traitor, and her first reaction when she heard the words was whether this guy had a tendon in his brain?

The reason is that she plans to summarize her network resources and potential people who can be won over in the past two days, so she thought of Zhou Changfeng, a guy who impressed her at that press conference.

Check it again, it's outrageous, how did this guy run away to do such an unsightly job?

The attendant lady on the side said helplessly: "Your Highness, such people are jealous and hateful, and it is normal for them to be willing to take risks to kill thieves. ”

Zhu Lingjing said "heh", and said nonchalantly: "Remember it first, it's best to return safely, otherwise you will waste a choice." ”

(End of chapter)