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Chapter 1041 Approaching ()

Time: April 4, morning.

Hu Biao and Guifei, who traveled around in various places in Daqing and where the team members were busy, finally returned to the East Java area in Southeast Asia.

A small island that is mysterious and uninhabited, but has a natural harbor, was chosen to be the secret base of the fleet.

Appeared in front of Li Renyong and other wealthy Nanyang Chinese family heads who had not seen him for a long time.

However, the protagonist today is not Hu Biao, the contemporary sect leader of Xuange Camp; nor is it Guifei, the wife of the future sect leader who is recognized by everyone.

But Lang Qing, Wu Zu, Lao Tie, Shi Shi, etc., are members of the four equipment manufacturing teams.

The reason is simple. Today is the time when the Xuange Camp fleet officially goes to sea for training.

After the team's equipment manufacturing team put in a lot of effort, and almost ten months of repairs and modifications, all the battleships of the brand new Xuange Camp fleet were finally completed.

Today is the time for the fleet to officially go to sea for training and running-in.

In order to get rid of them as soon as possible, the above four people put in a lot of effort.

Not to mention other people, just Shi Zi, the youngest brother, his hairline has moved back a lot, which can explain some problems.

Fortunately, today, all the hard work has paid off.

For this reason, Xuange Camp not only held a small celebration ceremony, but also invited Li Renyong and many other family heads from the Nanyang region.

After all, they invested a huge amount of money into this fleet.

It is also the force that they pay the most attention to the Xuange Camp; they are also waiting for the fleet to be able to sail over to support them if there is another native uprising.

In this way, Li Renyong and others boarded the ship with trembling eyes even as they walked.

Lang Qing represents the equipment manufacturing team and all the personnel of Xuan Ge Camp; he smashes a bottle of Maotai liquor on the flagship "Barong" with a bang.

After all, he is a flower grower, so throwing champagne is not appropriate.

Then all the battleships of the Xuange Camp fleet sounded their whistles at the same time.

In the long sound of the whistle, the warships of the Xuange Camp fleet sailed out of this natural dock one by one; for the first time, they began to appear in this sea area on a complete scale.

Specifically, the situation of the new Xuange Camp fleet is like this:

The flagship 'Barong', this battleship is modified from a 4300-ton steel freighter from Uncle Sam's house.

After the modification, the overall tonnage reached an astonishing 5200 tons; mainly due to the installation of a large number of the latest oil-steel steel plates developed by Krupp in 92.

After the modification was completed, the armor thickness of some key parts reached 210 mm; at the command tower, the armor thickness reached 230 mm.

The average armor thickness of other minor parts also reached 105 mm.

Although it is not too large in terms of tonnage, thanks to almost emptying out the entire inventory of Krupp's latest armor steel plates, its protective capabilities are quite strong.

In terms of power, the entire warship is driven by eight coal-fired boilers.

These boilers bought from Uncle Sam's house must have been modified by Lang Qing and others.

Therefore, the total power reached 26 horsepower, allowing such a big iron weight to reach an astonishing speed of knots, which was much faster than many current cruisers.

In terms of weapons, there is a triple-mounted 260 mm main gun at the front and rear, a new main gun produced by Krupp.

In addition to some 88mm secondary guns, 37mm machine guns, fish launch tubes, etc., at first glance, the entire ship is full of large and small gun tubes.

Not just a boat towing a cannon, but a firepower hedgehog.

If a fight really breaks out, Lang Qing is confident enough to use this ship to challenge the two Dingzhen ships of the Beiyang Fleet.

Of course, this is just an example. No matter what the psychology is, the Xuange Camp Fleet will not officially start a war with them.

Compared with this flagship, the other warships in the fleet are much smaller in tonnage.

The 'Old Black' has a full load displacement of 2830 tons. This warship was also converted from a cargo ship purchased by Uncle Sam's family.

'Hanjiang' has a full load displacement of 2670 tons.

'Team No.', with a full load displacement of 2710 tons. The foundations of the above two ships are actually the two old-fashioned armored warships compensated by the Dutch.

However, after almost all changes in terms of power, armor, weapons, etc., the battle between the two is not the same concept at all.

After that, there were three ships, including the 'Guifei', 'Fenghuahui', and 'Kick', which had been refitted once.

They are now running faster and with more firepower. The only problem is that the hull is too old, and it will not last long even after modification.

The only way to survive such a crisis is through temporary modifications.

If they hadn't sunk in the war in the future, they would probably be used as a museum.

The above seven ships, with a combined displacement of more than 7 tons of warships, are all the main warships of the Xuange Camp Fleet.

The key reason is that within the limited time, they can only complete such a repair and modification.

However, although the tonnage is a little less, each ship has the traditional advantages of fast running, fierce firepower, and being able to withstand beatings, which are the Xuange Camp fleet.

In addition, on the ship, they installed the most rudimentary radar, hand-cranked computer, and other observation equipment.

The overall combat effectiveness of the fleet cannot be underestimated at all.

In addition, in order to enhance the overall combat effectiveness of the fleet, they also built ten 50-ton torpedo boats. These are powered by four 4-horsepower large flywheel diesel engines and can reach a speed of 50 knots.

At the critical moment, relying on high speed, they rushed forward like a pack of wolves, and the threat was quite alarming.

As for the fleet officers and soldiers, except for a small number of young people from Nanyang, they are all old people such as Yu Hong, and their young soldiers; these people do not need to worry about their courage, professionalism, etc.

In short, it is the threat of the Yin and Fa families interfering with the fleet.

Otherwise, just by relying on such a fleet, Hu Biao and the others would have the confidence to destroy the combined fleet that the island nation had just created because they were so desperate.

In the end, after taking Li Renyong and others out to sea for a tour, these Nanyang Chinese representatives burst into tears and became more confident in Xuan Ge Camp...

******

Time: seven days later.

Location: Hulunbuir Prairie.

Compared with other places in Daqing, warm spring has already ushered in, and even southern areas such as Yangcheng feel hot.

This place has experienced heavy snowfall in recent days, with the deepest snow exceeding 30 mm.

It represents the beginning of spring here, which is officially a failure.

But even so, the prairie men wrapped in thick coats mounted their war horses, brought their ancestral bows, arrows and swords, and rushed here.

The reason for them to be like this is simple, because since the end of last year, there has been another legend on the grassland:

The real descendant of the Golden Family finally appeared. His name was Borjijin Nuerhaci Manstein, and he was not the descendants of the Chahar tribe and Lin Dan Khan who had completely declined.

Not to mention those princes who claim to be descendants of the Golden Family, but only try to please the emperor of Daqing and exploit the poor shepherds.

But a true hero who can lead the poor herdsmen to live a good life.

However, in just a few months, he led his men to annihilate several groups of vicious horse bandits; he even led his men to defeat a ruthless prince in Horqin and drag him to death behind his horse.

He also distributed all the cattle and sheep to the poor shepherds, and he only took away some of the war horses.

Afterwards, although the other princes gathered a large number of people, they could not be found at all.

And today, in such a freezing time.

The great hero Borjijin Nuerhaci Manstein held a special Naadam Conference, contrary to the grassland's past practice of holding the Naadam Conference only in July and August.

After hearing the news for a while, even the princes on the grassland explicitly prohibited their herdsmen from participating.

But there are still herdsmen coming spontaneously to Hulunbuir.

At the Naadam Conference that day, after the singer shot down a golden eagle in public, a total of 2315 prairie men joined the ranks of the so-called serious descendants of the golden family.

From now on, the singer's sword will point in the direction in which their horses are galloping...

(End of this chapter)