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Lin Yuan said: "What kind of people do you think the governments of various countries will send to attend this exhibition?"

Shen Wanqing replied: "Of course we will send technical experts."

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "There is a saying that 'you don't need a heavy hammer to beat the drum'. What I have to do is to give them some advice, and they will go on that road obediently."

Shen Wanqing said: "I don't really understand these things, I'd better think about how to get some valuable information from them."

After the two separated, Lin Yuan informed the King of Ryukyu, and the King of Ryukyu quickly issued a statement to major Western news agencies through the embassy in Beijing. The statement stated that in order to promote friendship among countries in the world and maintain world peace , the Ryukyu Fleet will conduct a demonstration.

After this news was reposted by major Western news agencies, it immediately caused an uproar in Western countries. Britain, France, Germany and Russia all expressed their hope to participate in this exhibition, while Japan did not express its position.

Under Lin Yuan's instruction, the number of participants from each country is limited to ten, and each person needs to pay a fee of 50 pounds during their stay in Ryukyu. The lion opened his mouth wide.

Sure enough, the UK signed up first, followed by Germany and France. Finally, a team of 40 people from the UK, Germany, France, and Russia was formed to go to Ryukyu. Lin Yuan easily made money in the process. £2000 million.

Lin Yuan gave Emperor Guangxu a plan to return home to visit relatives, so he left the capital and returned to Ryukyu. The first thing he did when he returned to Ryukyu was to visit the industrial zone.

At this time, the industrial area was already small and large-scale. As a major pillar of industry, iron and steel metallurgy developed relatively smoothly in the industrial area. The steel produced could be used to manufacture general weapons and chemical reaction containers. However, due to the lack of ore, alloy steel And non-ferrous metallurgy has not made much progress for the time being.

The basis of the chemical industry is the synthesis of ammonia from three acids and two alkalis. The output of sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid and nitric acid is relatively high; soda ash is purified from the soda lake in Ryukyu, so the output is average; in the modern chemical industry, caustic soda is obtained by electrolysis of salt water Yes, the industrial zone does not have the ability to smelt silicon steel, so there is no way to produce generators. Even if a generator is built, there is nothing to make cables, because the industrial zone has no copper ore or aluminum ore to make wires, and there is no rubber or It's plastic for insulation.

As for the synthetic ammonia industry, it has not developed at all. There are three main sources of raw materials for synthetic ammonia, coal, oil and natural gas.

What surprised Lin Yuan the most was Cheng Jiuye. Under the guidance of the material experts of the Beijing Ship, he used the kiln for firing ceramics to successfully burn a lot of refractory bricks. These refractory bricks will be attached to the furnace of the newly built blast furnace. On the wall, more importantly: high temperature is almost a necessary condition for smelting most metals. With these refractory bricks, it will undoubtedly bring convenience to future production.

What worries Lin Yuan is the warships of Ryukyu. This era is the era of naval technological change. This batch of warships is outdated, and building a shipyard is a very difficult thing. Lin Yuan thought of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. The Jiangnan Shipyard is one of the best shipyards in China in this era. It can build gunboats and lightning strike ships with a displacement of [-] tons by itself. If they are improved, they may not be able to produce large warships.

Soon, missions from four countries came to Ryukyu. The Ryukyu government arranged them in the newly built post house. Shen Wanqing considered that there would be agents from four countries, so she asked people to guard them around the clock. They strictly restricted them from going out, but doing so looked no different from imprisonment, so the Ryukyu government found an excuse, saying that there were bandits in the nearby suburbs, so they hoped that people from various countries would not move around at will.

The personnel from the four countries knew the real intention of the Ryukyu Kingdom - not to let them look around, but they did not raise too many objections and were quickly taken into the industrial zone.

This group of people are carefully selected experts. As soon as they entered the industrial area, they felt that their eyes were not enough. After walking for a while, they came to an open space surrounded by wire. The sign at the door was written in Chinese characters Author: Equipment Test Center.

At this time, a young man walked out from the sentry post at the door. This person was Lin Yuan, but he did not show his true face, but disguised himself.

The guide handed over the personnel from the four countries to Lin Yuan, and Lin Yuan smiled at them: "This is our artillery testing ground, and we will demonstrate our naval artillery here."

On the demonstration field, a cannon stood quietly under the camouflage. The camouflage was made of fish with green branches inserted on it. Lin Yuan pointed to the cannon and said: "This is the main naval gun used by our Ryukyu Fleet. .”

This artillery is the 152mm rapid-fire secondary gun disassembled from the Yoshino ship. It was originally made in Britain. In order not to be recognized by British experts, the experts on the Beijing ship specially modified it. Although the main structure has not changed, Many details are completely different from the original warship, so there is no need to worry about this naval gun being recognized by the British.

There were a few guards standing beside the cannon. They were not ordinary soldiers, but agents carefully trained by Zhang Hua and Shen Wanqing. According to Lin Yuan's instructions, the agents recorded which foreigners observed the cannon. These people are the artillery experts in this group of people.

The purpose of this group of agents is of great significance. In modern intelligence warfare, the situation of enemy technical experts has always been the focus of intelligence collection. However, the Beijing ship has no spy agencies in Western countries, so this display has become a collection expert. Great opportunity for intelligence.

The people who can be sent to see this exhibition must be top domestic experts in related fields, but they all concealed their identities when they came, and their demeanor and actions when observing the artillery betrayed them. Know how to hide their intentions, so in front of specially trained agents, it is clear who is an artillery expert.

Lin Yuan looked at his watch and said: "Everyone has been visiting for half an hour, and now our artillery will show you live ammunition shooting!"

Lin Yuan raised a red flag and waved it towards the distance. A carriage drove over with something like a wall on it. Lin Yuan opened the top of the tarpaulin, and inside was a five-meter-long, five-meter-wide silver-white Thick plate, Lin Yuan said: "This is our target plate, 1000 mm thick homogeneous steel armor."

After everyone finished watching, the carriage pulled the target board, drove to 1000 meters away, and then set up the target board. This deck with a volume of 25 cubic meters weighs a full 0 kilograms. It takes a lot of money to stand it up. Some time ago, at this time, everyone was invited to the viewing platform at [-] meters behind the artillery. At this time, they could no longer see clearly what happened in the camouflage, but they could see that the barrel of the artillery was slowing down. Lifting the ground, the elevation angle of the naval gun can be adjusted in a very small range, so the adjustment will be over soon.

A gunner stepped out of the camouflage and waved the red flag in his hand. Lin Yuan said, "The shooting is about to start. All guests, please get ready."

Everyone raised the binoculars in their hands and looked towards the target board. They only heard a loud "boom", and the cannonball ejected from the chamber. After a short while, the cannonball hit the steel plate, and a burst of thick smoke rose.