My Italy

The Navy Department came up with candidates within a few days, and Colonel Antonio from the Naval Training Department became the candidate selected by Admiral Gorek.

Not to mention, Captain Antonio has very rich qualifications. He was born in a sailing family in Genoa. He joined the Navy of the Kingdom of Sardinia at the age of 18. Later, he served as the first mate of the cruiser Kerry in the Battle of Sali and performed well. Later, he was transferred to the reserve fleet and underwent eight years of recruit training. When Admiral Golek was serving as Lord of the Navy, he was transferred to the Training Division and became the deputy director in charge of training.

It can be said that he has enough training for new recruits. It was also one of the reasons why Admiral Golek chose him. Of course, this alone was not enough to make him stand out. Another advantage of Colonel Antonio is that he is not tough and tactful, but he is able to listen to other people's opinions.

Although this personality prevents him from becoming a squadron commander, it is just right for him as an advisor. That's why Admiral Gorek chose him and presented him to Carlo.

"Your Majesty, General, you are attentive."

After Carlo read Colonel Antonio's resume, he raised his head and praised the Navy Minister. Because Carlo learned that Lang Weili, the general adviser of the Beiyang Fleet currently under preparation, was a stubborn man. Although he was extremely responsible for his work, the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Navy suffered terribly under his training. However, in view of Li Zhongtang's appreciation for him, the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Navy could only dare to be angry but dare not speak out.

Therefore, when Italy dispatches consultants, they must be distinguished from Langweili. In addition, considering the attitude of the United Kingdom, they cannot be higher in rank than Langwilli, the general adviser (Langwilli is also a colonel).

"They are all serving the interests of the kingdom, and there is no hard work at all."

It was obvious that Admiral Golek, who was the Minister of the Navy, also knew this very well, so he chose Antonio. After all, Italy's interests in the Far East were growing rapidly and someone was needed to maintain such growth.

In addition to selecting candidates to serve as Beiyang advisors, Carlo also has one more thing to discuss with Admiral Gorek. "Your Excellency, Admiral, Leifer and others have made great contributions in this naval battle. How does the Navy intend to treat these heroes?"

Of course, there was a reason why Carlo was so interested in asking. Quite simply, Carlo wanted to support people he could trust in the navy so that he could control the navy.

And it was Leifer and Gomes, two young talents, who caught his eye. As for why he didn't choose someone else, there are a lot of captains and even generals in the navy who want to be Carlo's spokesperson in the navy, because Carlo is not willing to choose at will. In addition, he is still young and has plenty of time to slowly take control of the navy.

Admiral Gorek did not know what Carlo was thinking. He thought that Carlo was eager to reward meritorious officials to show that he had won a complete victory in this confrontation with the Prime Minister. However, even if he knew about it, it would not have any impact on him. By the time these two good seedlings can influence the navy, he will either be buried or have retired long ago.

"Your Majesty, what our Navy Ministry wants is to promote all the officers and soldiers who fought in the Far East this time to one level and record their merits on their resumes. Originally, we planned to wait for them to come back before promoting them, but since Your Majesty has already asked, Then let him be promoted in the Far East.”

Carlo was very satisfied with Admiral Gorek's words, because the reward originally given by the Admiralty was good, and the Admiral took care of his emotions and advanced the time by more than half a year.

(Leifer, Gomes and others still cannot return to China because they need to spend more than half a year teaching the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Navy to operate these two patrol ships. This was Li Zhongtang’s special request to Italy. For this reason, he also A textile machine worth 2 million lire was purchased. One more thing, the Beiyang commanders of Zhiyuan and Jingyuan were Deng Shichang and Ye Zugui. As for why Liu Buchan, who had been with the ship, did not serve as commander, it was because Li Zhongtang still wanted him to serve as the calm second officer. The ship's pipe belt. This also proves that in Li Zhongtang's eyes, the ironclad ship is its core strength, although the second ship Zhijing is much more expensive.)

After Carlo got the satisfactory result, he did not immediately let go of the Lord Admiralty in front of him, but continued to ask the next question.

"I heard that the Navy has prepared to build two new patrol ships based on the performance of the Venice class in the Far East naval battle?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Navy is preparing to build two new patrol ships."

Faced with Carlo's question, Admiral Golek answered unabashedly.

These two patrol ships are new designs with certain modifications on the Venetian class. There is no difference in length. Mainly due to complaints that there were too few secondary main guns in naval battles, the new patrol plan is to equip 10 152mm guns. Secondary main guns, and these main guns also adopt the same central axis layout as the 254mm main gun, and also adopt a two-tank design.

Six of them were installed in two-unit mode and were placed behind the bridge and between the three chimneys. The other four were raised in two-unit configuration and placed behind the 254mm main gun. This looks very much like a multi-turreted religious relic.

In addition, the armor has also been optimized and slightly strengthened, from 80mm-152mm to 90mm-152mm, making the Venice class better able to cope with various situations.

Of course, after this improvement, its displacement has also increased a lot, its standard tonnage has increased from 6850 tons to 7580 tons, and its full-load displacement has also increased from 7460 tons to 8120 tons. In order to allow the new Venice class to continue to maintain high speed, the power has also been optimized. Its maximum horsepower has been increased from 13,000 to 15,000, and the maximum speed has also been slightly increased, from 18.6 knots to 18.7 knots.

It can be said that this is the most combat-effective patrol vehicle in the world.

Of course, it is unknown how long this can last, because the British Admiralty has ordered all shipyards to come up with a plan for 10,000-ton patrol ships before February 1885, and it is said that this time the British Admiralty plans to build 5 ships at a time , It can be said that he is rich and powerful.

At least for now, Venice still maintains its advantage in the world. Of course, excellent warships have a cost that matches them, and all the money the Navy Ministry received from the Qing Dynasty was invested in the installation and patrol of these two ships.

To be honest, the cruise ship is now the most expensive warship of the same tonnage. It is almost 1.5 times the cost of an ironclad ship of the same level. If nothing else, the power cost is quite high.

But for Admiral Gorek, now he can't wait to invest every lira in shipbuilding because he has urgency.

"According to the information we have received, the French Navy is already designing blueprints for armored cruisers. We heard that the French are going to build six armored cruisers."

Yes, this is why Admiral Gorek is worried.

France wants to build six cruise ships?

Is this true or false?

Carlo asked why he didn't get the news?

Facing Carlo's confused expression, Admiral Gorek continued. "This is the information we learned from insiders in the French Navy. The French plan to conceal this news first."

Do you still need to hide this kind of thing?

Carlo felt that this news was very unreliable, because the new French Navy Minister, Admiral Hyacinthe Aube, had been advocating the role of torpedoes since he came to power, and even claimed to build 1,000 torpedo boats. And in order to allow torpedo boats to overcome the shortcomings of being unable to sail far, he also ordered the Navy to develop a strange thing like a torpedo boat mothership.

It doesn’t seem like the head of the French Navy who is obsessed with the role of torpedoes would spend so much money on patrol equipment.

But since Admiral Gorek said so, Carlo should regard the news as true, so he spoke. "I will ask people to pay attention to the movements of the French Admiralty. If there is anything unusual, I will notify you in time."

I’m late in writing, so I can only update one chapter today. Mantou apologizes here, and also thanks the book friends who voted. Yesterday, Mantou asked for votes, and got 600 votes. I was really touched. It seems that book friends like Mantou’s Italian book very much. Satisfied, thank you all.