351  Buy British ships with pounds
The front forecastle, four chimneys between the front and rear mars, are the appearance characteristics of the "Flying Eagle" destroyer built by the Volkeng Shipyard in Germany.
The "Flying Eagle" has a displacement of 850 tons, the entire ship is 79 meters long and 8.7 meters wide, with a large body size and good airworthiness performance. The power system is eight Yaro-type boilers and two upright steam engines, with a power of 5,500 horsepower and a maximum speed of 24 knots, making it one of the fastest "torpedo gunboats" with the speed of the late 19th century. The ship has good airworthiness and fast speed, so it was ordered by Liu Buchan, the admiral of the Navy Beiyang Fleet, to pick up and drop off the water surface of Tianzhuangtai.
After Yang Ge and the captain Liu Guanxiong had a secret talk in the captain's cabin, they came to the officer's restaurant that had been arranged into a small venue. Deputy Chief Zheng Bangyan, Secretary Zhang Mingcheng, Navy Adjutant Wu Binglie, Army Infantry Adjutant Zong Yongde, Immigration Commissioner Yilin, the Weiyuan (formerly Pavlov) led Yang Zaitian, the Xinzhiyuan (formerly Russian) led Lin Chaoding, the Xinjingyuan (formerly Fury) led Jiang Darong and the guard company commander Deng Pu, and the guard Xu Shuanzhu hurriedly stood up to greet him.
The three ships Weiyuan, Zhiyuan and Jingyuan are currently being renovated in Dagukou Military Port and Weihaiwei Military Port. Due to the relatively low ability to repair ships in the military port and the new armored steel plates are used, it is expected to take another month for Zhiyuan to be out of the dock for trial sailing, and Weiyuan and Jingyuan need to be expected to be trial sailing in February 1897. Therefore, the three ships' pipes were all on the "warm-up" on the latest destroyer Flying Eagle, while the crew members were mostly on the training ships Kangji, Yongji and other ships.
Before the General Secretary of the State Councilor and the Flying Eagle Ship Pipe out of the cabin, Navy Adjutant Wu Binglie foamed at the mouth and told about his experience at the Anshan Iron and Steel Plant. He specifically said that the nickel alloy armored steel plate was hit by three thousand-ton steam hammers in a hot state. The situation during hammer forging was more vivid. It seemed that the "bang" impact sound could penetrate deep into the listener's heart, making several pipes saliva saliva.
The Eagle Ship was built last year and was accepted for service this year. It uses carburized armored steel plates, which are already behind the armored steel plates forged by nickel alloys. This means that the armored steel plates made in China can now be comparable to those made in Germany!
Therefore, Yang Ge could immediately feel the excitement that the young accurate stewards showed from his eyes.
"Everyone." Yang Ge waved his hand to signal everyone to take his seat, looked back at a map of the sea that had been hung out, and said: "The Navy Order has just been unified, and the Nanyang Navy and Fuzhou Shipbuilding Administration were officially taken over by the Navy. At present, the Nanyang Navy only has six ships barely available. After the preparation, Fuzhou Shipbuilding Administration will be the most important shipyard in our country, the Beiyang Navy School, the Mawei Guanjia School, and the Jiangnan Navy School to develop vigorously.
, Taiwan and Fujian's coastal defense and land defense at the Minjiang Estuary of Taiwan and Fujian, today, when the situation on the northern border is becoming stable, it will be the focus of the General Staff. Here, I will first reveal some adjustments related to personnel. Wei Han, the Minister of the Shipbuilding Office, was promoted to Fuzhou's Shipbuilding Office, and Ye Zugui, the deputy general of the Beiyang Fleet, was promoted to the commander of the Nanyang Navy, led the Jingyuan ship south, and subsequently added the Weiyuan ship to the Nanyang flagship, and led the Feiting and Feiying ships to strengthen the Nanyang Navy."
Lin Chaoding and Jiang Darong looked at Yang Zaitian at the same time. The three of them went to Aihui to receive the captured warships from Tianjin. They had already become familiar with each other along the way. They knew that Yang Zaitian had a deep background in the Beiyang system. Now the Weiyuan ship, which he was the director, was the Nanyang flagship. The Navy's determination to mix with the Beiyang Fleet was fully demonstrated.
"The determination to build a naval force is not only this." Yang Ge emphasized his tone, and after everyone's eyes were focused, he said: "When I discussed naval construction with Dingbutang Ruchang and Liu Junmen Buchan, I thought that the new policy should take effect two years later, and the funds, manpower and material resources that the naval force depend on should not be slightly achieved until 1898. However, the construction speed of Anshan Industrial Zone was so fast that Anshan Iron and Steel Plant was put into production in advance, and a large amount of railway construction was guaranteed. It has begun to make profits and can raise funds for the reinvestment of basic industries. Anshan Industrial Zone can also provide armored steel plates, high-strength structural steel, steam engines, vertical double-head boilers, electrical supporting machinery, lamps and naval guns, ammunition, and range-finding equipment for our own warships. Therefore, after the preparation of Fuzhou Shipbuilding, the Navy will order counterfeit Flying Eagle-class destroyers at Fuzhou Shipbuilding and set up a factory to make torpedoes."
Everyone suddenly realized that there was such a reason for the Flying Eagle Ship to allocate the Nanyang Navy.
"While building self-built warships, the main warships were purchased at the same time. After consultation by telegram by the General Staff, the Navy, the Ministry of Revenue and the Governor's Office of the Three East Provinces, ZTE Bank presided over it, one million pounds of British loans were dispatched in the Bank of China and Russia and the Sino-British Joint Bank, which was approximately 6.5 million taels of silver as the reserve for the naval ship purchase, and an order of a British Royal Navy monarch-class battleship."
When using British loans to buy British warships, the political factors in this are greater than actual military uses.
It is not easy for Yang Ge to make this decision. One million pounds are used in construction and education, which is much more effective than the current ship purchase. The top battleship in the former dreadnought era, the Junquan Class, will soon fall behind in 1906. There are few water depths of China's coastal ports exceeding 7 meters. If you order this class of warships, you will need to mobilize three dredgers from the two-ocean fleet to work for more than two years before you can dig out berths and almost fixed in and out of the new ship at Weihaiwei Port.
The British Navy shipyard received an order of one million pounds from the Chinese Navy. Judging from the construction time of the seven British monarchy warships, the slightly modified Chinese warships should be built for about 4 years. The interests of the naval shipyard are almost the same as those of the British Navy, which will inevitably affect the current British political policy towards the Far East. This is an auxiliary means to ensure that Britain strictly adheres to neutrality and fulfills its promises in the future Sino-Japanese War.
At the same time, the Chinese Navy and the Chinese Navy shipbuilding industry will inevitably send people to supervise the construction of warships to understand the basic construction technology of large warships and the current trend of warship development, and cultivate the technical backbone of the Chinese naval shipyard in the future. The navy that obtains new warships can completely use new warships as large training ships to lay the foundation for the future Chinese fleet.
In addition, Yang Ge also attaches great importance to the fact that some personnel of the Nanyang Navy in the Navy have an attitude towards the national political system change at some point in the future. To spend a lot of money to buy this warship is also an act of curbing the hearts of the navy from a certain perspective.
Of course, once the news of ordering warships was released, Yang Ge could still gain a lot of things.
Once the new warships are in place, the Japanese Navy's advantage over the Chinese Navy will be greatly reduced. The British's strategy of "the Japanese Navy plus the Qing Army to curb Russia's eastward advance" will go bankrupt. The Japanese are definitely unwilling to lose to China in naval construction, and are also subject to the raw materials of iron ore. The possibility of building a 10,000-ton large ship is very small. Therefore, the possibility of buying warships from Britain has increased greatly. One is not enough, two are suitable, and three have absolute chances of winning... The arms race starts with Yangge, and after the Japanese are fully loaded into the competition, Yangge will leave.
For the Russians, the Chinese Navy is about to install three Russian-built warships and order a new battleship. With Japan's efforts to build a navy, there are many masts and oars on the sea in the Far East. What will the Russians do? They will also choose the strategy of uniting one side to attack the other side. At the same time, they will accelerate their own shipbuilding and send more warships to the Far East to enhance their deterrence.
This news caused the navy in the officers' restaurant to be happy, but not many people could look at the issue of purchasing the main battleship from Yangge's height.
In 1906, that would be the watershed in the construction of the world's naval forces; and six years later, 1912 was another watershed. China's national strength needed time to improve before it could support the large fleet. China's large fleet could not follow the naval development ideas of the great powers, but should take the shortcut to "get it in one step" at the right time.
"Yang Zaitian!"
"arrive!"
"Be prepared to hand over the post to Sa Zhenbing, and go to the UK to fulfill its supervision mission after the Admiralty order is issued!"
"Yes!" Yang Zaitian almost used all his strength and was unwilling to let the sound spread, so he condensed into a muffled shout and stood attentively. He and everyone were wrong. They originally thought that during the process of the reunification of the Beiyang Navy, Yang Zaitian led the Weiyuan ship south as a key measure, but unexpectedly, the mission given to him by the General Secretary was even more envious, and his heart was so envious that he dripped blood and his mouth was drooling.
The supervisory officer is likely to be the officer who receives the ship, that is, the supervisor of the future warship.
Yang Ge turned around and pointed to the Taiwan Island on the map, looked at Zheng Bangyan and said, "The Treaty of Shimonoseki allows the Japanese to have many privileges in Taiwan. Taiwan Island is like a natural barrier at the mouth of the Minjiang River. Strengthening Taiwan's garrison forces and ensuring the safety of naval shipbuilding bases and naval schools is something that must be paid attention to while unifying the navy and building the navy. However, the Taiwan issue is quite complex, with indigenous people, Japanese people, and various problems left over from the former governor's office. In order to quickly stabilize Taiwan, solve the problem, ensure the safety of naval shipbuilding bases, eliminate Japan's economic, military, and cultural erosion and reconnaissance of our shipbuilding bases, it is particularly necessary to implement militarized control in Taiwan. Zheng Bangyan and Zhang Mingcheng."
"Here." Zheng Bangyan and Zhang Mingcheng left their seats and stood up.
"Mingcheng should be very clear about the Taiwan issue. Liu Fushuai's new policy in Taiwan was destroyed by Shao Youlian, and the current governor Tang Jingsong did not focus on restoring it, and there was no sign of tidying up military affairs. However, given that Tang Jingsong had a close relationship with Nan'ao General Liu Yongfu, the General Staff was temporarily unwilling to alarm Tang Fusong, so he prepared to establish a special security zone in Taiwan. Zheng Bangyan was the commander of the security zone and Zhang Mingcheng was the civil commissioner. The first regiment was drawn from the Yang Mushi Brigade of Beitang, the Jiangsu Training Army transferred eight infantry battalions and two artillery battalions, and the Ziqiang Army transferred two infantry battalions and one artillery battalion to form the Taiwan garrison brigade."
Zheng Bangyan has been with Yang Ge for the longest time, knowing that he will bear the responsibility once he accepts this appointment. The country's political change is imminent. If there is an unexpected sudden change and if the great powers interfere, Taiwan is likely to be attacked by Japan as soon as possible! Even if the political change is implemented smoothly, Taiwan must restore the new policy of Liu Mingchuan when he was in office as soon as possible. Zheng Bangyan and Zhang Mingcheng's early landing in Taiwan is to prepare for personnel changes and military suppression if Tang Jingsong does not cooperate with the new policy and changes. As mentioned just now, after the construction of national defense will basically resolve the northern border problem, the focus will gradually shift to the maritime defense line. Taiwan's position will play an important role in the future naval construction and maritime defense stability.
The Chief Secretary of State released the deputy chief at this time, but it was actually a heavy burden!
Chapter completed!