Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 323
The ridiculous thing is that with the strength of the country, if we maintain an annual military expenditure of 70.00% [-], if we go to face the Chinese aircraft carrier after three years, it will be a ghost if the country does not collapse.At that time, the servility of the Yamato nation will be completely revealed.

Guan Xuqing also gave Liu Buchan the names of the four battleships he had proposed: Qinhuang, Hanwu, Tangzong, and Songzu.He also requested that the supporting training of personnel, naval command personnel, and maintenance personnel, as well as future ship design and manufacturing personnel, should be carried out at the same time. Liu Buchan should organize the existing navy to train promising commanders as soon as possible. , sent to the UK and Germany in batches and stages for training, and the talents of the shipbuilding industry must be sent to the UK to study continuously.In this way, we will be able to build some auxiliary ships to match the aircraft carrier in the future.

Of course, whether this global bidding procurement is for the British or the Germans, it must be completed by the joint venture shipyards of the two countries in China.This has also prompted the shipbuilding industries of the two countries to move large slipways, high-tech and supporting industries to China as soon as possible, thereby driving the growth of China's talents and the completion of supporting industries.

A Fujian Shipping Bureau is far from being able to meet the huge construction demand. It seems that Liu Buchan and other major ministers should think carefully about the industrial layout.

Within a week, orders have been sent to major arms dealers and shipyards around the world.

Guan Xuqing wanted to use this order to send a signal to the Europeans that China has money, and China wants to use a lot of money to buy a powerful fleet. If it wants to make money, it can exchange technology!

Sure enough, within two days, the British side had been asking China to return the important German prisoner, but now it suddenly stopped.And Lord Bachait's running location was changed from the Foreign Office to the Admiralty, and he personally visited the Governor of the Navy Liu Buchan.

Overnight, Liu Buchan became a popular figure in the world today.Germany has also sent high-level officials from Europe, and they will arrive in Beijing within ten days.

At the same time, the British Foreign Office also issued a strong statement, severely denouncing Russia's hostile actions against China during the Sino-Russian War as a serious provocation to the Chinese Empire.At the same time, news came from the foreign affairs department of the British Empire. In order to show respect for China, it is hoped that China will allow the Sino-British joint fleet to transfer its home port to the island. If allowed, the British will send people to find a suitable home port.Of course Guan Xuqing agrees with this point. This should be a matter of killing two birds with one stone. One is that Russia’s threat to the Far East no longer exists for the time being, and Britain needs to shift its strategic focus to the south.The second is that the German joint venture shipyard is in Fujian, and if necessary, it can also exercise control over it.

The German lobby group also found another way in Europe, telling the Chinese embassy that the speed of the development of the Chinese navy has added the best footnote to the friendship between the Chinese and German peoples, but they avoided talking about warship orders, and expressed their willingness to Organize a German army officer corps to provide some necessary help to the Chinese army.And China can also send military officers to Germany to be incorporated into the life training of the German army to feel the friendship of the German army to the Chinese people.

The temptation of commercial interests is so great.Even France is just around the corner, hoping to produce new types of warships for China.Regarding this movement, the newspapers of Britain and Germany, the two deadly wartime enemies, laughed at the same time: the headline of the "Berlin Times" was "French warships, there are already many under the sea." Starting from national feelings, he published a review topic on the Sino-French war a few years ago.Let France's already low competitiveness be completely reduced to zero at once.

"The Chinese are crazy." The Ministry of the Navy has been busy recently. When it came time to announce the order requirements, the originally confident German and British shipyard designers and business negotiators shook their heads and muttered, exchanging sarcasm while talking. .When the British passed the news to Minister Ogner, Ogner couldn't help spitting angrily, and cursed angrily: "Which son of a bitch made this request? Let them go to the Martians." Shipyard."

When he heard that the emperor of China personally proposed the technical details, Ogner was taken aback, shrugged his shoulders and muttered: "Military blind emperor, no wonder, but it's still bold and crazy. Have you ever calculated this deal? price?"

"If the Chinese emperor agrees, after changing the design, the price of the whole ship will probably be around 2000 million. If it is to build parts, the price of a warship must be at least 1000 million. I really don't understand what the Chinese think , Do they have the ability to assemble such a super battleship?" The British business representative shrugged and reported the figures.

"Oh, God, this price is not competitive. You must know that the Dingyuan ship built by the Germans back then was only 620 million marks, which is less than 120 million taels of silver. Although the current ship is higher than the [-]-ton Dingyuan The cost has tripled, and the time has been delayed for many years. But the business purpose cannot be changed: our price must not exceed that of the Germans, and the cost must be found in terms of design. In addition, this pig-brained plan of the stupid Chinese It's ridiculous to send designers to give design lessons to their grown-ups! My God, it seems that these Chinese people really don't have the information of the goddamn German, so weird, so weird."

It's not just the British who feel strange, the Germans are also at a loss. The Chinese have introduced Western naval ships and training for more than ten years. Why do they still propose such an idiot-level construction method?Could it be that they want to deliberately embarrass Germany, so as to completely hand over the business to their ally, the United Kingdom, for irrefutable reasons?However, even Britain is simply not capable of building such a warship.

With such doubts, the negotiators and design engineers of the two countries were received by the Chinese emperor two days later.A wooden board was placed in the consulting room of the Imperial Army, and a few paintbrushes were placed under it. The first to enter was the representative of the United Kingdom.Accompanied by Xu Shichang, the anxious German went to the lounge next door to drink tea.

Dozens of students majoring in ship design came from the Tianjin Naval Academy together in the room. Such an opportunity today is very rare. Not only did they meet the honorable emperor, but they also heard the news from the top naval powers. The designer will teach some principles of ship design.

"Your Majesty." The British engineer drew a large ship shallowly on the wooden board: "This is a ship. The reason why the ship can move forward is because there is such a set of boilers. The specific number depends on the output power you need and It depends on the size of the ship. The boiler is a steam boiler, and to generate steam, there must be water. Therefore, we must also have a space on the ship to store fresh water. Of course, your crew also needs fresh water. In addition, we also need There is a storage room to store the coal for combustion. Well, the boiler plus coal and water will generate steam, so how to convert the steam into the power of the battleship to move forward?" The designer explained, while in the empty ship Add the corresponding device on the section diagram: "We also need a set of steam engines. Similarly, the number of steam engines is related to the power you need and the size of your hull."

"In this way, Your Majesty, your ship will have its power plant." The engineer smiled slightly contemptuously: "According to these equipment, the living quarters of the crew, and the bomb bay for storing ammunition, the size of the entire ship is basically Be sure, Your Majesty, you know, the bigger your ship is, the more power it needs, otherwise it will run very slowly, and if you need more power, you need to add boilers and steam engines, so this is A complementary relationship. Every ship has its perfect size. Of course, there are great benefits. Big ships can carry more firepower and ammunition, which can inflict more damage on the enemy. Your Majesty the Emperor, I don’t know if I am so Explain, are you satisfied?" The engineer bent down, with a frivolous smile on his face, which did not match the respect in his tone at all.

Guan Xuqing nodded and said, "You mean you want to contract the power plant and artillery?"

"No, no, dear His Majesty the Emperor. The shipbuilding strength of the British Empire is number one in the world. If Your Majesty needs it." The engineer looked at the business representative and said confidently, "I think we can build you an unparalleled ship. The power and firepower of the warship can definitely meet your needs. For specific data, if Your Majesty has enough patience, we can provide you with an outline design within two days."

"Mr. Engineer, I think you didn't know much about the bid before you came to participate in this bidding. Let me reiterate that this time our country's bidding does not require a whole ship. We have divided this warship into 64 bids. The power and vitality devices are just Part of it, if you are interested, there is a specific schematic diagram of the bidding in the conference room. But your lecture is very good, give another class to my students. I have a good impression of you." Guan Xuqing stood up and said to The British smiled and nodded, "Accept these students, they are very smart and need your help." Seeing that the British were hesitant to speak, he walked towards the door and said, "Think about it." Gentlemen, I'm going to listen to what the Germans have to say, excuse me." Immediately, he threw several British people into the conference room and came to the room where the Germans were staying.

The Germans said the same thing as the British, and they also wanted to directly win the construction order for the entire ship, but the rigorous Germans were more prepared than the British. They proposed a [-]-ton eight [-]-inch main gun The designed battleship plan also brought a summary design plan, listing the performance data of the entire battleship and a design sketch.

(End of this chapter)