"In the next two weeks, the Navy will have to adapt to the climate and environment here and quickly recover its combat effectiveness, and this may also be the first actual combat experience of the East African Navy since its establishment, so everyone must take it seriously and be sure to take it seriously."

The East African Naval Fleet, which is docked in the Zhuhai Trade Zone, began its adaptation training here, and although the waters of East Africa are vast, it is the first time that they have gone to the Far East like this and carried out combat missions.

Training near Zhuhai was actually very unsuitable for the East African Navy, and of course, the Far Eastern Empire as the host was also very unsuitable, but given the poor strength of the Guangdong naval division in charge of maritime affairs in the region, it could only turn a blind eye.

In the Far East naval sequence, there are Beiyang, Nanyang, Fujian, Guangdong four major naval divisions, of which Beiyang is the most famous, and at the same time is the son of the Far Eastern Empire, which is also very understandable, the Beiyang Naval Division is responsible for the defense of the entire northern seas, and the political center of the Far Eastern Empire, Gyeonggi is heavily located on the coast of the Bohai Sea, with the Qing government's vigilance against the south, the Beiyang Naval Division can naturally get the greatest support.

The Nanyang Naval Division is a little unworthy of the name, of course, this name is not worthy of the literal meaning, the name of the Nanyang Naval Division has the word Nanyang, in fact, the base is in the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the Nanyang of this era, in the eyes of Ernst, is naturally the waters of Southeast Asia and the East Indies.

The main equipment of the Nanyang Navy Division was manufactured by the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau and the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau, and a small amount was purchased from the United Kingdom and Germany. Whether it is tonnage, equipment, personnel or strength, the Nanyang Naval Division is far from the Beiyang Naval Division, but its strength is second only to the Beiyang Naval Division.

The first two sailors have always been the top two in the strength of the Far Eastern Navy before the first Wu year, but in terms of history, the history of the Fujian Navy Division is the earliest and the highest degree of localization, and it is controlled by the Fujian Shipbuilding Bureau.

As for the Guangdong Naval Division, which is ranked last, its strength is the weakest, its scale is also the smallest, and it is not as famous as the Nanyang Naval Division, at this time the Guangdong Naval Division has a total of more than a dozen ships, with a total displacement of more than several thousand tons, less than 10,000 tons, and a top ironclad ship in East Africa is more than 7,000 tons, and the gap between the navies of the two countries is clear at a glance.

This time, the displacement of the "Partridge" led by the East African Navy is not too high, but it has reached more than 6,800, and the displacement of the other two ironclad ships is also more than 5,000 tons, and the tonnage of the three ironclad ships alone exceeds the total of all the capital ships of the Guangdong Naval Division.

The Guangdong Navy Division looks a little small in front of the East African expeditionary fleet, and the most advanced capital ship of the Guangdong Navy Division is still a sail warship, even the gunboats brought by East Africa this time can make these ships sink into the sand.

The next time the Guangdong Navy Division will be developed, I am afraid that it will not be until after 1882, and these latest capital ships in service now are still old products before 1868.

"Captain Luo hopes that you will communicate more with your country's naval department after you go back this time, and I hope that your country will be more convenient during this joint naval exercise between the two countries, our main purpose this time is to come to the South Ryukyu Islands, and we will not do the dirty things like the Portuguese dove occupy the magpie's nest."

The East African Navy rested and trained in the waters of the Far Eastern Empire, and naturally could not be disposed of at will, because after all, this was someone's territorial waters, so East Africa found an excuse and sailed into the Far East on the pretext of a joint exercise of the navies of the two countries to combat piracy.

According to the method of East Africa, that is, after the repair of the harbor of the South Ryukyu Islands is completed, East Africa's own Pacific Fleet base can be placed in the South Ryukyu Islands in the future, and now the South Ryukyu Islands do not have this ability, and the port level of the South Ryukyu Islands is still in ancient times, and large-scale renovation is needed, and now East Africa has not even completed the land facilities of the South Ryukyu Islands.

"General Gleich, this is too polite, we still believe in the credibility of your country, but I will also give you the bottom here, our requirements are not high, I just hope that the conflict between your country and Japan will not involve our country."

"You can rest assured that the conflict with Japan, we in East Africa are naturally fully responsible, even if there is an accident, we will not blame your country, and now you can provide convenience for us to rest and stop here for a short time, this situation has been accepted in East Africa, and we are naturally not ungrateful villains." Grace assured Luo Yijun.

"Haha, then I wish you all the best in this operation."

Although he said so, Luo Yijun didn't think so in his heart, in his opinion, Japan is not a thing, and this East Africa is not a good person, but in this era of wolf-hearted dogs and dogs, East Africa is not so disgusting.

If East Africa and Japan lose, it's all the best! Secondly, East Africa will cripple the Japanese Navy, this is what Luo Yijun really thinks in his heart.

Obviously, the threat posed by Japan, a bad neighbor, is much greater than that of East Africa, which is after all very far away from the Far East and is therefore closer than that of Europe and the United States.

This is easy to see from the globe, if you look towards the Pacific Ocean, you can't see the Far East and the continental United States, and against the Indian Ocean, you can basically include the Far East and most of East Africa, as for Europe, the land is closer to the Far East than East Africa, but the sea is much worse than East Africa.

"Captain Luo, don't think I'm talking empty words, this time you have helped our country, and we can make up for it next time in the navy, such as personnel training and warship and weapons procurement, our country can help, at least we have a very good relationship with Austria-Hungary and the German Navy."

"Well, if there is this opportunity, I hope the two sides can still work together." This time, Luo Yijun did not refuse.

In fact, this opportunity will soon come, and from 1880 onwards, in addition to the Far Eastern Empire and Germany, the United States and Japan will usher in a major development of the navy.

However, Ernst is not sure whether Japan will be able to keep up, because the emergence of East Africa, the fate of many countries has changed, such as Japan, the most valuable industry in Japan at present, that is, the raw silk industry, although the development is very good, but it is definitely not as good as the original history.

Because of the investment of East African and German merchants in the Far East, the Far Eastern Empire developed much stronger in the field of textile industry than in the original history, especially with the participation of large commercial groups such as Jin merchants and Hui merchants.

The government of the Far Eastern Empire mainly developed heavy industry and military industry, and the relative light industry, mainly the textile industry, was developed by private forces, and at this time, the role of the Huaihai Economic Zone and the Zhuhai Trade Zone was revealed, that is, there was little trouble, and many Far Eastern businessmen also followed the investment in the two economic zones, and they took loans from the Heixingen Bank, which created a win-win situation.

In recent years, East Africa has taken nearly 10 million immigrants from the Far East, and these surplus people have been shared, and the Far East has more energy to develop industry.

For example, if there is less land, naturally more land can be used to invest in industry, and the textile industry in the Far East will inevitably compete with Japan, a country with equally cheap labor, and it will have more advantages, East Africa can provide the Far East with some raw materials and machinery, as well as capital, and even a part of the market.

Of course, Japan can also borrow money from Britain for development, but Britain cannot change the inherent defect of Japan's small land, and if Australia or Canada were to be sent to Japan, it may be possible to counterattack with Japan's diligence and humble learning in this era, but this kind of whimsical idea can only be thought about.

(End of chapter)