Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 24
The Sino-French war is only over a year away, although the Chaoyong and Yangwei ships were purchased from the British.Including the dozens of broken ships of the Nanyang Navy, Fujian, and Guangdong Navy, it is simply a dream to defeat France, which was the second in the world at the time, in a naval battle.

Now Guan Xuqing is not too worried about the Qing army, and the historical Sino-French war was also a complete victory in the Qing Dynasty in Vietnam.Now it is equipped with all German weapons, and German officers are also invited to help train some subjects.They are not required to reach the combat effectiveness of the German Army, which should be much higher than before.

After doing so many things before, the treasury finally has some money now.If you are not willing to spend now, you will really become the captain of the transportation team.

"Biography to Li Hongzhang." Guan Xuqing said.

"Zha..." Wang Shang hurriedly backed out.

After a while, Li Hongzhang came.

"I see the emperor." Li Hongzhang knelt on the ground.

"Calm down, sit down and talk." Guan Xuqing was as polite as ever.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Hongzhang sat down.

"How is the purchase of German warships going?" Guan Xuqing asked.

Li Hongzhang replied: "Your Majesty, the Munich Shipyard in Germany has agreed to my request from the Qing Dynasty. In addition, another German shipyard, the Hamburg Shipyard, is also willing to train some water warriors and officers and soldiers for the Qing Dynasty. I hope that we can join them. Build ships there."

Guan Xuqing thought for a while and said: "Okay, but you go and tell them that what I want to build is a world-class ironclad ship, don't fool me with outdated and obsolete inferior products, and you should send more Jiangnan Shipyard's technology personnel to supervise the shipbuilding and learn a lot from foreign shipbuilding techniques. One day, the Qing Dynasty will also build its own iron-clad ships.”

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing. I let the British know about the purchase of ships from Germany by the Qing Dynasty. They sent a protest, saying that I had discriminated against them in trade. They demanded that they be treated as one." Li Hongzhang didn't know what was wrong.

"Humph" Guan Xuqing snorted coldly. At the beginning, Turkey and Britain ordered two ironclad ships with a displacement of 4830 tons. After the Crimean War broke out, Britain neutralized the contract with Turkey and resold the two ironclad ships to China. Qing, Daqing also agreed at that time.Later, Britain changed its mind unilaterally.Otherwise, China would not buy warships from Germany.

Guan Xuqing continued: "The British want to build warships for us, and I can't ask for it. You go and tell them, and I will build their British warships."

The Infrash white battleship was a product of Britain in the 70s, and it attracted worldwide attention as soon as it was born.The displacement reached 11800 tons, and the thickest part of the ship's side armor reached 608 mm. It must be known that the displacement of the two ships Dingyuan and Zhenyuan at that time was only 7670 tons, and the ship's side armor was only 355 mm.That's it. At that time, the two ships Dingyuan and Zhenyuan were also called giants. During the Sino-Japanese War, the two ships Dingyuan and Zhenyuan endured an average of 200 shells, but they still persevered.The Infrash white battleship is almost twice as thick as Zhenyuan and Dingyuan.I really don't know what kind of artillery can sink it.

"The Infrash White battleship is the main battleship of the British, I'm afraid," Li Hongzhang said worriedly.

"Of course I know that it is impossible for Britain to help us build their capital ships. But at least they must be the most advanced cruisers. And I agreed to sell the two ironclad ships originally ordered by Turkey to Da Qing after refitting." Guan Xuqing said non-negotiable.

"Cha, I'll do it right away." Li Hongzhang said.

(End of this chapter)