Ye Fu pushed open the hatch of the A1 heavy cruiser's command tower and let the cold sea breeze blow against his body like a knife.
But his burning heart was as hot as fire. He looked back at his fleet, and unnaturally showed an ecstatic and proud smile.
As a member of China's loyal and brave army, he has the capital to be proud of.
Take the Zhongyong Army's naval fleet as an example. It has the combat effectiveness of ironclad ships that he could not even imagine before.
The main fleet of two nearly 10,000-ton ironclads is completely different from the several-hundred-ton mosquito cannon ship that I used to drive in the Fujian Navy.
It is no exaggeration to say that if your fleet is parked in place and the Fujian Navy conducts uninterrupted bombardment for an hour, there will be no big losses, while the warships of the Fujian Navy only need to bombard their own battleships one after another.
, are all very likely to be destroyed or sunk.
This was all brought by Principal Zhou Yu, the leader of the Zhongyong Army. The vast number of grassroots officers and soldiers of the Zhongyong Army privately said that the principal was the Wenqu star from the sky who came to earth to save all sentient beings in China, because Zhou Yu was omnipotent and invincible.
He knows everything he doesn't know.
Ye Fu also feels the same way. In his heart, Zhou Yu is everyone's god. With Zhou Yu, everyone seems to have a backbone, fearless and aggressive.
According to the information revealed to him in private by his friend Wei Han: the principal is planning to build three all-steel iron-clad ships with a class of over 10,000 tons. I don’t know what the concept is, but I know that it is better than the current A-class battlecruisers.
The benefits are countless times greater.
Thinking about my own future, and looking back at my children and in-laws, Deng Shichang, I feel very angry just thinking about it.
This lump of elm wood still holds extravagant hopes for the Qing Dynasty and is foolishly loyal to the Qing Dynasty.
Couldn't he see that the decadent Qing Dynasty was not far from falling apart?
He repeatedly asked people to bring letters to him, asking him to join the Zhongyong Army. Even when Huang Feihong came to see him with his own handwritten letter, he was not tempted.
I couldn't hold my head up in front of my colleagues, and I felt even more ashamed of the principal's careful cultivation.
He was extremely satisfied with the sneak attack in the Bashi Channel more than ten days ago, but the principal was actually quite dissatisfied. He said: His fleet performed too poorly in that battle, and it was completely unorganized.
He also said: The Chinese naval fleet will have to face the navies of Britain, France, the United States and other Thai and Western military powers in the future. At this level, it is not enough to fill their teeth.
Ye Fu didn't understand that the principal treated the powerful navies of the European and Western countries as enemies, but he knew that the principal never had the right target, and he firmly believed that what the principal said was definitely correct.
I have been training live-fire armored ships for some time, but in the eyes of the principal, they are all rubbish, not to mention Deng Shichang, who has not yet come into contact with a real 10,000-ton ironclad?
He was secretly worried for his in-laws. The Zhongyong Army was developing at a rapid pace in all aspects, with obvious improvements every day. For the sake of his in-laws, he decided to take advantage of the opportunity he had in Taiwan to quickly go to the mainland to find Deng Shichang and bring him over.
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The principal attached great importance to his in-laws, Deng Shichang. He didn't know how he learned about the principal. Ye Fu didn't think about it. Anyway, the principal had many abilities that he didn't understand. It was not surprising that he knew about his in-laws.
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Whatever they wanted to do, Ye Fu and Zhou Yu asked for a leave. After getting Zhou Yu's consent, Ye Fu happily took a cargo ship to find trouble with Deng Shichang!
Zhou Yu was happy to see the success, and Deng Shichang was a national hero! In later generations, he was a martyr during the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894. In the Battle of Dadonggou on September 17, 1894, Deng Shichang commanded the "Zhiyuan" ship to fight bravely.
Later, under the siege of Japanese ships, "Zhiyuan" was injured in many places. The whole ship burst into flames and the hull tilted.
Deng Shichang encouraged all the officers and soldiers on the ship: "We served in the army to defend the country, and we have long ignored life and death. What happened today is just death!" "The Japanese ship relies exclusively on Yoshino, and if it sinks this ship, it will be enough to take away its energy." He resolutely
The ship rammed into the starboard side of the Japanese battleship "Yoshino" at full speed, determined to perish together with the enemy.
Unfortunately, a shell hit the torpedo tube of the "Zhiyuan" ship on the way. The torpedo inside the tube exploded, causing the "Zhiyuan" ship to sink. After Deng Shichang fell into the sea, his entourage offered a lifebuoy to save him, but he refused.
He also said: "I am determined to kill the enemy and serve the country. Now I die in the sea. It is righteous. Why should I live?" His pet dog "Taiyang" also swam to his side and held his arm in his mouth to save him. Deng Shichang vowed to live and die with the warship.
He resolutely pressed the dog's head into the water, and he himself sank in the waves. Only 16 officers and soldiers on the ship were rescued...
How could Zhou Yu, such a heroic figure, let him go?
Deng Shichang was very surprised by the sudden visit of his in-laws Ye Fu, because he heard that his family had moved to Hawaii, but he still received Ye Fu warmly.
Ye Fu scolded him with an old face: You sad boy, do you look down on me or are you so arrogant! I wrote you a letter but you didn’t reply, people came to invite you, and you still show off, you are very capable.
!Are you the best in all of China? Do you think that my in-laws are embarrassing to you, a general of the Qing Dynasty?
Deng Shichang winked at the servants, and after everyone had retreated, he sat Ye Fula on the stool. Okay! What's the matter? As for you, an honest man, you are so angry! What if it were me?
Zhou's place, I just want to help you here, why do you need to get so angry? Being angry can hurt your body.
Seeing Deng Shichang's soft words and playful smile, Ye Fu was even more angry. He held back his anger and said, "I'll settle the score with you in the study."
As soon as he sat down in the study room, Ye Fu couldn't help it. Don't be pretentious. I have repeatedly asked you to resign and come to Hawaii. Why don't you reply to me? Do you really want to go all the way to the dark side?
Is Qing that worthy of your allegiance?
Deng Shichang said seriously: You know that I was born in the Qing Dynasty and died in the Qing Dynasty. This is the country where I was born and raised. How can I leave her!
You are foolishly loyal. China belongs to me, the Chinese, not to the Manchu and Qing dynasties. Am I betraying the motherland?
The "Chinese Exclusion Act" incident occurred in the United States this year. Did the Manchu Qing government express anything? No! Are overseas Chinese not our ethnic group?
Our Loyal Yong Army is the only organization in the world that has issued a statement of condemnation.
I also know that you are patriotic, but you have to distinguish between the China you love and the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Think about how many Chinese people were killed when the Manchu Qing invaded our land of China. That’s it. After they established their country, I
Have the Han people ever had a good life?
In the entire land of China, we Han people have the lowest status, as evidenced by nursery rhymes: first-class foreigners, second-class Manchus, third-class minorities, and fourth-class Hans.
Listen, are you so hard-hearted that you are willing to be a slave of the Qing government? In the words of our principal: That is a traitor! Traitor, do you understand?
This! How could it be like this? Is it wrong for me to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty? Is it wrong to be loyal to the country?
Deng Shichang was a little confused.
It’s not that your allegiance to the country is wrong, but that your allegiance is to the wrong person. Our principal said: We should be loyal to the entire Chinese nation, not to a certain person or the Manchu dynasty. The Manchu dynasty represented a minority ruling class, not the Manchu dynasty.
Represents the majority of the Chinese nation.
The principal said: I don’t want you to be loyal to me. Although I am your leader, if one day I cannot seek benefits for the Chinese people, then you can knock me down.
What we want is a government that represents the people, not a government that rules the people.
The principal not only asked us to do this, he also asked himself to do the same. He took out his own property and implemented free compulsory education for all at the base. He also stipulated that the salary of the Chinese in the area should not be less than 20 taels of silver, but he himself
Work hard and be simple, never waste anything.
Even his villa in the base was secretly built by Wei Han and others, and he blamed everyone for spending money carelessly.
The money, technology, weapons, etc. he equipped for the Chinese loyal army can all be added up to build a country.
Under his leadership, everyone is full of hope and motivation.
Do you know what the warship I command now looks like?
It is a true ironclad ship with a full load of nearly 10,000 tons, and we have now laid down the keels of three all-steel ironclad ships, which are all-steel ironclad ships with a full load of nearly 15,000 tons. This is how our principal
He also said that the technology is too backward.
Do you know what an all-steel ironclad ship is? That is, an ironclad ship whose entire ship is made of steel. What is this concept? I believe you know it better than I do!
The alloy steel invented by our principal is a new type of steel that is not even available in the world's largest navy, the United Kingdom. It is stronger and lighter than the carbon steel used in countries in Europe and the West. This is what the principal told us.
As for what the principal told us about the tensile strength of steel, its yield point, etc., I don’t understand technical terms like that, but I understand that it means strong and good.
If it weren't for the principal's fear of a civil war that would kill and injure innocent people, with our current military strength, we could have conquered Beijing directly. If you didn't join such an army with national hope, you would still be a damn Manchu dog slave! You deserve it
Are your ancestors? Are you worthy of the Chinese people?
After some beatings from the honest man Ye Fu, Deng Shichang was finally tricked into joining the Zhongyong Army by Ye Fu. I don't know whether it was Ye Fu's scolding that woke him up, or whether he was tempted by the 10,000-ton armored ship.
Deng Shichang requested to go home to recuperate on the grounds of physical illness. At this time, Deng Shichang had not had a chance to demonstrate his commanding talents, so he was easily approved.
Deng Shichang's family just disappeared from the sight of everyone in the Beiyang Navy at Dagukou. However, Deng Shichang also declared to Ye Fu that his guns would not be aimed at his compatriots. Ye Fu agreed with a slight smile.
Will the principal aim his gun at the Chinese people? Only a ghost can believe it! This is what all the loyal and brave soldiers are thinking.
In the huge shipyard base in Keelung, Taiwan, Zhou Yu led the crowd to solemnly welcome Deng Shichang's arrival. Only when Deng Shichang boarded the A1 heavy cruiser did he truly believe Ye Fu's words. At this time, he was already shocked.