Rebirth of the Northern Giants

While the two were talking, the leader trembled and had already set sail.

Everyone on the shore saw the submarine half-floating on the surface of the water and moving slowly, but Ye Zhikui in the cabin was really nervous for a while.

Regardless of Ye Zhikui's thoughts, Zhang Dawei tried his best to perform, and a series of orders kept popping out of his mouth.

Kuitou first traveled several hundred meters above the water, and he gave an order: "Dive down"

The hull shook even more, and Chen Zhengliang smiled indifferently and said, "Marshal, this is a normal phenomenon."

"Really?" Ye Zhikui turned slightly pale, secretly regretting his decision.

To Ye Zhikui, the short ten minutes seemed like more than an hour. At this time, everyone on the shore desperately searched for the leader with binoculars, but they couldn't see it.

Deng Shichang nodded in satisfaction and said, "It can indeed have a surprising effect."

Guo Baochang echoed and said: "If it is true what the Generalissimo said, building more than a dozen ships to attack one warship at the same time is really hard to defend against."

"Look, the leader has appeared!" I yelled when I saw Renren, everyone followed the prestige, and saw the leader suddenly appeared not far from a merchant ship.

At this time, the periscope is staring at the telescope intently.

Enthusiastically said: "Shoot the angle of fire three yards to the left"

Zhang Dawei sent an order to the torpedo cabin without hesitation: "Pan three yards to the left and launch."

The orders were passed down one after another, and all the sailors on the Kuitou wanted to show their strengths, and behaved in front of Ye Zhikui, as if the merchant ship ahead was a stationary warship.

The first officer of the torpedo received the order, no longer hesitated, and pulled the launch button on the torpedo launcher that had already been installed, and with a whoosh, the torpedo rushed forward quickly on the waves.

If this ultra-small tonnage submarine wants to attack, it must first float by itself

After the leader launched the torpedo, Zhang Dawei ordered to dive again.

A few minutes later, Ye Zhikui, who was standing in the command cabin, felt a shaking of the ground. If he hadn't grabbed a guard, he might have fallen to the ground.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for the submarine to return to normal, and the periscope who had been staring straight away shouted excitedly: "Hit the target."

Chen Zhengliang, who seemed to be relaxed just now, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although the target was fixed, and although the leader could only dive for two or three hours, it was not easy to be put into actual combat after all.

"General Marshal, what do you think?" Chen Zhengliang raised his voice, fearing that Ye Zhikui would not be very satisfied.

If this kind of fixed target attack is not successful, Ye Zhikui may have to reconsider the strategic layout of the navy.

Fortunately, he succeeded without any risk. With a smile, Ye Zhikui sincerely congratulated: "Congratulations, Mr. Chen, for finding a new attack method for the navy."

Chen Zhengliang continued to recommend: "Marshal, do you know the cost of the submarine? I'm afraid you won't believe it?"

Ye Zhikui knew that the cost of the submarine was very low, but he really didn't know how low it was.

"The money to build a cruiser is enough to build forty submarines." Looking at Ye Zhikui who was listening carefully, Chen Zhengliang said triumphantly.

Ye Zhikui was really taken aback. He knew about the Japanese Navy's six-sixth fleet plan. If there was an arms competition with Japan, the military government would be able to build hundreds of submarines. Ye Zhikui didn't believe that hundreds of ships would There may be twelve Japanese warships. Of course, this is only from the data.

The military government is rich and powerful, and the impoverished little Japan can't match it. If the future generations didn't have little Japan making war fortunes again and again, would they be able to compete with China in national strength?

A dockyard of this kind of small submarine can take three months to build one. Ye Zhikui believes that as the technology becomes more sophisticated, the time will only be shortened. Of course, he does not want the submarine to stop here, and innovation is inevitable.

According to his thinking, this is China's first generation of submarines, and the military government is enough to build about 20 submarines, which is more than enough to deal with the Japanese navy as a trump card.

After the mine attack demonstration was completed, Kuitou carried out another mine attack demonstration, which was the first time after all. Although the result was not satisfactory, Ye Zhikui did not demand too much.

In the next week, Ye Zhikui inspected the production of weapons and ammunition in various parts of the manufacturing bureau and the defense situation of Dagukou.

Dagukou is the throat of Beijing and Tianjin. Since the military government came to power, it has continuously strengthened its military strength for various reasons. Compared with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Ye Zhikui has always been very curious. The foreign powers passed through Dagu several times and invaded The Qing government is an important place for the capital, but why didn't the Qing government consider moving the capital? If the capital was moved, at least it would not be so passive. Maybe it is because the Manchus have always been wary of the Han people since they entered the pass, and they always want to return to the pass.

A few days ago, the dark clouds were thick and the British ships were approaching menacingly. Dagu’s defense was strengthened by several levels. Fortunately, the alert level was lowered again soon. Some facts were guessed, but the military government did not explain, and they all remained silent.

Today, the Dagu port is open again, merchant ships come and go, and the prosperity is still there. Since North Korea returned to the embrace of China, the trade volume between the two sides has been rising.

Among them, the Asian Shipping Trading Company is the most eye-catching. It owns dozens of large and small ships, and they can take both black and white. They have opened up the routes between China, North Korea, and China and the United States in a short period of time. The Asian shipping trade is inextricably linked to the military government.

On this day, the port was temporarily blocked, and a warship was parked in the inner harbor, and military police in gray and black coats were everywhere, patrolling the surroundings with eagle-like eyes.Although Ye Zhikui came to Tianjin in secret, many officials with great powers still found some clues. During this period of time, more of them kept themselves safe and worked actively.

Ye Zhikui will board a ship and leave Tianjin today, and go to Lushun, Weihaiwei and other places with Deng Shichang, Guo Baochang and others to condolences to the naval officers and soldiers, carrying a large number of promotion certificates and war badges with him.

Zhou Fu and officials from the Manufacturing Bureau came to see them off.

"Mr. Zhou, everyone, send you off for thousands of miles, and you have to say goodbye at the end, so let's stop here." Ye Zhikui stood on the pier, looked at Zhou Fu, Wei Han, and Chen Zhengliang and his party, smiled and cupped his hands, persuading him.

After getting along with each other for many days, Ye Zhikui admired several national treasure-level military technical experts very much. He only made some comments on some weapons and crafts of submarines based on what later generations remembered, but these people worked all night and came up with something. When Chou Yinmao came out, they were busy all day without fame or profit, and dedicated themselves to the country in their own way, which deserves respect. Ye Zhikui could only compensate them materially.

"The generalissimo will save me, so I won't say much. The Tianjin Maritime Academy must be established as soon as possible." Zhou Fu stopped in his tracks and said with a smile.

These days, he spent a lot of time by the side of the young Generalissimo, more or less getting acquainted with Ye Zhikui's personality, he doesn't like exaggeration, he likes hard work, this is Zhou Fu's final evaluation of Ye Zhikui.

Tianjin Maritime Academy is Ye Zhikui. A few days ago, in view of the relatively large shortage of naval personnel in the future, one Mawei Shipbuilding Academy is no longer sufficient. At least one should be established in the north. Otherwise, the navy will be dominated by generals from Fujian, which will be very unfavorable to the country. .

Ye Zhikui looked at Wei Han and Chen Zhengliang again, and encouraged: "The military government attaches great importance to submarines. I hope that the two old men can reach new heights, so that this type of ship that is not valued in other countries can shine in China. If there are any difficulties, You can contact the High Command directly."

They were able to bypass many departments and contact the Supreme Command in order to listen to them. The two couldn't help but agreed.

After exchanging pleasantries, Ye Zhikui walked towards the warship at the same pace under everyone's gaze.

Zhou Fu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Ye Zhikui had a difficult time during his stay, and he was afraid of some accidents. Fortunately, everything was normal, and his position as governor of Zhili seemed to be secure. .

Volume Two, The Wind and Cloud in the Capital, Chapter 100, Is One Million Enough?

Ye Zhikui was busy inspecting the navy, while Nie Shicheng and other frontline generals did not rest. Duan Qirui captured Shuangchengzi and successfully joined forces with the Chinese and North Korean coalition forces, causing the Russian Primorsky State to fall into the hands of the Chinese army. The meat they swallowed made them spit out , that is absolutely impossible.

While Nie Shicheng was busy chasing Russia, he sorted out the documents, counted the population, expelled a large number of Russians from the Chinese territory, and detained a large number of people from Zhang Zhidong, trying to make the Chinese residents in the territory Far more than the Russians, thus actually regaining lost ground.

On the 5th, the Chinese peace talks delegation finally arrived at Khabarovsk, the place of Sino-Russian peace talks.

Grodekov, the commander of the Russian-Amur military region, just moved his headquarters out of Khabarovsk not long ago. The tsar, because of Grodekov’s incompetence in command, invited the dispirited commander back to the country. What awaits him may be Demotion or the Thunderfury of Nicholas II.

The Russian delegation, led by Minister of War Robatkin, entered Khabarovsk before the arrival of the Chinese delegation.

What frightened the Minister of War was that from time to time, the Chinese general Feng Guozhang would order soldiers to conduct exercises not far from the city. After negotiating with the Chinese army, the Chinese told him that we have a lot of guns and cannons, and we like to conduct exercises, so I don’t care about your business. If you like, you can also come out for a walk.

What he said made Robatkin speechless, secretly regretting that he had chosen such a place as a place for peace talks, and it was too late to change it at this time, otherwise it would be too weak.

Seeing that the Chinese delegation finally arrived late, Robatkin, who was frightened, could not help but breathe a sigh of relief, and came out to welcome Li Hongzhang and his party like a father and mother.

A few years ago, Li Hongzhang, who was angry everywhere in various countries, saw such a battle there. He was shocked by the cheering Russian women holding flowers on both sides of the road, and thought it was some kind of beauty trick set up by the Russians.

The Chinese delegation included Li Hongzhang, Wu Tingfang, Li Jingfang, Wang Fengzao and others who set off from the capital, as well as Zhao Fengchang and others sent by the governors of the three eastern provinces. Of course, Feng Guozhang, Song Pinglan and others who were on the front line were indispensable.

Seeing this situation, Song Pinglan couldn't help but smile, and said to Feng Guozhang: "Hua Fu, I see that you have scared the foreign devils so much that even women are coming to your door. Otherwise, you can pick a few and go back."