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    In the humid sea breeze of the South China Sea, the two cruisers Zhaohe and Feihong led the two Chinese self-built first-generation large destroyers Yongji and Yongjian to ride the wind and waves, and the three-color dragon-claw naval flag on the stern of the ship was blown like a hunter.  ring.

    The first two ships will escort Yang Qiu on his overseas visit. The latter will also escort him to the United States because he has just modified anti-submarine depth bombs, and then turn around and return to Europe to join the Chinese observation fleet led by Qiu Baoren.  This small observation fleet will also add four Changfeng-class destroyers in the next six months, and will join the Allied Navy to shoulder escort missions after the declaration of war is confirmed.

    The four warships are all fast warships in the Second Fleet, and compared with the First Fleet, which has more old navy, the Second Fleet is all composed of young people selected from naval academies in recent years and those overseas with higher knowledge levels.  It is composed of descendants of overseas Chinese.

    Leading them was the first naval admiral to be loyal to Yang Qiu, the bearded Wang Guangxiong who had studied in England.  Although he gave up his position as the top leader of the navy after Sa Zhenbing and others returned, he now has the rank of lieutenant general on his shoulders.  Every time he sees the shining stars on his shoulders, this straightforward bearded man becomes happy.  From being a river gunboat to being the commander of the fleet today, who can we rely on to be where we are today?  Therefore, he treated the Second Fleet with extra care and hard work. After the victory in Qingdao last time, he begged Yang Qiu to recruit all the naval officers from Germany and Austria who were stranded in Qingdao as volunteers at a high price to join the fleet as teachers. Sa Zhenbing was so angry that he cursed  He was greedy, and finally used the "price" of letting him equip an Anhai-class ship in exchange for more than a dozen people to enrich the instructor force of the First Fleet.

    After receiving help from German and Austrian naval officers, the young people of the Second Fleet grew up rapidly and were already able to skillfully operate four new warships. However, they still have a long way to go before the Japanese Navy, and this gap has exceeded  In the scope of training, one must go through blood and fire before he can finally be reborn.  Just like the Japanese Navy before and after the Battle of Tsushima.  In one fell swoop, it jumped from a regional navy to one of the world's navies.

    Yang Qiu, who was wearing a coat on the deck, didn¡¯t know yet that an incident had occurred in Hong Kong passing by him that would cause major changes in the domestic political circle.  At this moment, his attention was fully focused on the visit that was about to begin.  This is his first time entering the South China Sea.  Thinking of the complicated territorial disputes in this sea area in later generations.  There is an urge in my heart to get it done once and for all.  It is a pity that China currently does not have the strength to challenge European hegemony.  Still weak!  We must cling to our thighs and would rather be a grandson for the time being in exchange for enough technology, talents and funds to complete the construction of basic industry. In twenty or thirty years, the data machine will definitely shock the world!

    For the first time since Yang Qiu came back, Yaya thought wildly for a moment, then turned to ask Wang Guangxiong beside him: "I heard that your Second Fleet has been running very diligently to Nanyang this year. Let me ask you, what do you think of Zheng Bao?  ?¡±

    Zheng Bao is King Rama VI of Siam who just succeeded to the throne.  After Wang Guangxiong was transferred to the Second Fleet, he realized that he was not enough, so he also stepped up his studies. He said straightforwardly: "This king is much more enlightened than the previous ones. He imitated the British in carrying out reforms. He gave the Siamese people their own surname. He also built his own  The army and navy are committed to free education for all, just like you. Judging from his ability, this person has a lot of ambition, but we don¡¯t like him."

    "Oh, why?" Yang Qiu suddenly became interested. Even Gu Weijun and Cai Gongshi, who had just come over to accompany him on the trip, pricked up their ears and wanted to hear the navy people's views on Nanyang.  Wang Guangxiong rarely had the opportunity to express his opinions. He was afraid of saying the wrong thing, so he sorted it out in his mind before saying: "Actually, as a person, he is really good. At least the Siamese people support him. But this man is different from foreigners.  We were very close! When we overthrew the Qing court in the year of 1911, all overseas Chinese in Nanyang cheered. Many people hung out five-color flags to celebrate. Later, the victory of Qingdao was even more exciting, but later we learned that many overseas Chinese in Siam hung out their national flags.  He ordered them all to be confiscated! Many overseas Chinese were arrested for arguing with them, and the whereabouts of several of them are still unknown!"

    Wang Guangxiang was an outspoken man, and he became angry as he spoke.  Said: "The year before last, he wrote a book describing us Chinese as Jews, and wanted to follow the example of Europe and eliminate us! Only after the Qingdao victory came, he ordered the book to be withdrawn. In fact, this kind of thing does not only happen in Siam, but also in Borneo, Java,  Annan has appeared. At the end of last year, when we were escorting the Luzon ore transport fleet and went to Mindanao for temporary refuge when there was a strong wind, we encountered the Dutch and local natives who asked us to remove our flag before entering the port. Damn it! If only I had one  Battleship, why not rush in!"

    After years of training, Gu Weijun has become much more stable. Unlike when he and Murong Han were arguing about republic or dictatorship on the warship, he danced and danced to emphasize his point. However, he deeply sympathized with the situation of the Chinese and interjected: "It's not just Nanyang, the world  The life of Chinese people everywhere is not good. Even if we defeated Japan, the mainstream society in Europe and the United States still did not take us seriously. The most disgusting thing is these small countries that followed them and took the opportunity to exclude China and take credit! Europe and the United States at least have a bright coat of human rights, but they  Unscrupulous! Behind the Lanfang tragedy back then, it was the Netherlands who instigated it, but it was those people who took action, with hundreds of thousands of dollarsPeople who are worse than pigs and dogs are slaughtered!  "

    Nanyang has been the inherent sphere of influence of the Chinese for thousands of years. However, with the intervention of European and American forces, the Chinese have become the targets of the natives. They are penned like pigs and sheep, fattened and then slaughtered and plundered for wealth.  To put it bluntly, there is nothing in this world that is more lazy than these natives!  They don¡¯t learn how the Chinese work hard, but they always want to rob the Chinese of their wealth by killing!

    The hard-working Chinese have become the "leeks" in their fields!  Yang Qiu sneered and said: "I just like the Jewish methods! Hu Chi, please write it down and add an economic railway plan from Kunming to Bangkok to the agenda of meeting with Zheng Bao. Now Britain and France are begging us, let's just let the two companies participate in this project."  The railway is coming! Get them to open up the peninsula together I want to see how he can achieve independence!"

    Gu Weijun was a little worried: "The southwest is finally at peace. Will the First Railway Renovation introduce British and French influence?"

    Yang Qiu hadn't spoken yet, but Wang Guangxiong said carelessly: "I'm afraid of a ball! The Qing Dynasty has been in seclusion for hundreds of years and no one can stop it! Besides, the foreigner must be seriously injured this time. I don't know anything else but the water thing  I know a little more. In the past two years, Britain and France have lost more than one million tons of sea transport ships! It will be impossible to rebuild these ships within four or five years. Without ships, how can he interfere in the southwest? By the time he recovers in four or five years, we will have already  There are four Anhai cruisers, not to mention that in this self-building opportunity, we also obtained the production technology of large-caliber sleeve naval guns, and the equipment from the Zhengzhou Naval Gun Factory has also arrived. Once the research is done, we may not be afraid of them if we build a few more ships ourselves."

    Hearing him speak with confidence made Yang Qiu happy.  He smiled and said: "Build a few more ships Do you dare to think about it? Do you know how much an Anhai costs? It's not surprising that you can get back the naval guns. But foreigners don't know how to do things like gun seat bearings and steam turbine boilers."  It¡¯s easy to transfer technology.¡± Wang Guangxiong smiled naively.  In fact, he also knew that the Republic of China would not be able to complete a battleship on its own within ten years. It was simply that the navy wanted to take advantage of this long-term escort to give Yang Qiu a good impression. After all, Zhang Wenjing had all the power of domestic military spending.

    He was just about to say a few more words when he took the opportunity to raise more military spending for the navy to build more warships.  The staff officer on the ship suddenly ran over, saluted and handed the telegram to him.  After opening the telegram and looking at it twice, he forwarded it to Yang Qiu: "It's a telegram sent by British Ambassador Liu to the General Staff. Yesterday afternoon Qiu Baoren called him and said that the entire British navy has gone to sea."

    Yang Qiu¡¯s eyebrows skipped a beat.  Jutland!

    ??******

    The last day of May, 60 nautical miles north of the Skagerrak.

    The German battlecruiser detachment traveled 60 nautical miles more than in history!  Because of this extra distance, Bingwen almost died in Beihai.  But also because this most critical link in the "Rhineland" plan was successfully broken through!  But Bingwen and everyone else didn't realize it at this time.  He was standing on the left deck of the Seydlitz, acting as a lookout.  This was not his job, but he wanted to visually observe the operations of the entire fleet, so he picked up the telescope during his free time.

    He doesn¡¯t even know what kind of battle he will witness!

    A British armored cruiser was burning not far away. The unlucky ship encountered a concentrated fire attack from five battlecruisers. Although it finally tried to send a telegram, it was too late.  A single salvo from the L¨¹tzow penetrated the waterline.  The heroic British sailors on the deck were still working hard to save the warship, relying on the side guns to fend off the approach of two German light cruisers and several destroyers.  The main battlecruisers no longer use large-caliber naval guns because their main guns have limited ammunition and must prepare for more important decisive battles.

    General Hipper did not order to leave immediately, because his mission on this trip was to seduce David Betty, so he had enough patience to stay here for a few days.  Of course, it was clear that British agents would not leave an out-of-control fleet alone in the North Sea for a few days.

    "Enemy ship!"

    A shrill shout came from above Bingwen¡¯s head, and the observer in the mast observation tower issued a warning.  When he quickly pointed the telescope to the right, the entire fleet was stunned!  Because everyone has always felt that the British will not notice the departure of the Ocean Fleet until at least tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Moreover, the Seydlitz's bow is currently facing north. The enemy should appear on the port side. How could it appear on the Danish side of the starboard side?  How much error did the two fleets make?  How many misjudgments occurred?  This is no longer what the fleet wants to think about now.  They were naval personnel, not war history researchers, so Captain Hakan immediately issued a battle alarm, and at the same time, the L¨¹tzow also sent out a light signal.

    "9 ships!"

    After obtaining the consent, Bingwen rushed into the bombardment control tower. Through the five-meter Zeiss sight here, he could clearly see the terrifying thick black smoke in the distance. Under the smoke, there were 3 Lion-class ships, 1 Tiger-class ship, and 2  British cruiser fleet composed of Indefatigable-class battlecruisers and 3 light cruisers.

    But no one knows that there is actually a fleet of four Queen Elizabeth ships on the port side.The British fast battleship formation formed by ??, however, did not find itself for the time being due to unknown reasons.  Bingwen looked at his watch and recorded the time in the notebook he carried with him. The exchange of fire had already occurred between two German light cruisers and three British light cruisers. From a distance, these little ones looked like two giants chasing each other.  children.  But neither David Beatty nor General Hipper ordered support. They only saw the opponent's main force!

    The two generals made their choice immediately. The L¨¹tzow signaled a retreat, while the Lion issued a signal to approach at full speed.  This choice is not surprising. You must know that during the Battle of Dogger Sands last year, David Beatty even ordered a battlecruiser formation to rush into the minefield to pursue the German navy, thus earning him the nickname Crazy General.

    The British are faster!  After the distance was gradually shortened at a speed of 28 knots, all German naval officers understood that it was impossible to complete the decoy mission safely, so everyone opened their eyes wide and prepared for battle.  Due to the caliber issue, Bingwen always thought that the British should fire first, because their 13.5-inch caliber should be statistically more advantageous than their own 280 and 305 mm naval guns.  But when the distance reached 16,000 yards, there was still no movement from the opponent.

    "Perhaps they forgot to bring the shells before going out."

    The German officer measuring the distance was joking while calculating the distance. When the reading reached 15,000 yards.  But this officer who liked to talk and laugh suddenly shouted: "15,000 yards! It's our turn!"

    "Boom, boom, boom" The voice came out of his chest a moment later.  The L¨¹tzow in front took the lead in firing the first salvo, followed closely by the Seydlitz at the foot, with 10 280mm naval guns roaring at the same time.  There are no words to describe Bingwen's feeling at this moment. If you really want to say it, there are only four words.

    Landslides and earth shatters!

    He fell in love with the navy when he first saw the power of naval guns in China.  It was only after I came to Germany that I discovered that the artillery muzzle of the world had developed to this extent, but not until now!  It wasn't until the actual firefight that I realized that I had seriously underestimated the power of these big guys!

    The shells came out one by one.  Thunders were heard on the sea, and countless white water columns rose around the British fleet in the distance, and then the Betty fleet fought back.  Seydlitz began to enjoy greetings from England.  Terrible water columns rose into the sky.  The pungent bitter and sour smell wafts in the air.

    Fire!  fire!  fire!  !  !

    All diplomatic rhetoric has disappeared, including faith, honor, country, and nation!  Everything turned into cannonballs that rushed towards the enemy.  When Bingwen felt that the blood in his body was boiling, the noisy German ranging officer actually had time to say a few words: "Look I think Belsen must be very wronged."

    Belsen is the captain of the cruiser Regensburg. He is indeed very tragic at this moment.  Because the eight 13.5-inch cannons on the British Empire's battlecruiser Tiger were blasting his light cruiser, and this process lasted for a full ten minutes.  Pitiful!  A light cruiser had to withstand battleship-level rage for ten minutes Everyone felt wronged for him.  Bingwen could not describe the mentality of these steel-like German soldiers, and there was an explosion and roar in his ears.  As the enemy got closer and closer, they still had time to poke fun at the British's mistakes.  Althoughthe Regensburg was really tragic.

    "It's hit! Look, it's the L¨¹tzow! Well done!"

    Bingwen looked up and saw that the middle part of the British battlecruiser Lion, which was fighting against the L¨¹tzow, was already on fire, and the turrets were gone. Hundreds of British sailors were doing their best.  Just when everyone was feeling better for L¨¹tzow, there were even louder cheers from all around him!  The Indefatigable is the British battlecruiser HMS Indefatigable!  Only later did he learn that this steel behemoth with a fully loaded displacement of 22,000 tons had a terrible explosion after being hit by Von der Tarn with two 280 mm armor-piercing bombs!

    He is also one of the few Chinese navy personnel who has seen this scene.  First, thick smoke and fire erupted from the front bridge of the Indefatigable. After a pause of about 30 seconds, a fireball hundreds of meters high suddenly shot out from under the turret A on the bow of the ship. The earth-shattering explosion was caused by the fire igniting the ammunition depot, black smoke and flashes of light.  The battleship was completely submerged. Countless steel fragments and parts spread out from the black mass. Hundreds of tons of turrets were even lifted to a height of 200 feet before they crashed into the sea!

    When everyone was still immersed in the longing to completely defeat Betty, the entire Seydlitz suddenly shook!  Bingwen's feet slipped hard, and then he heard a terrible explosion coming from the front.  Although his head hit the steel and a finger-long gash was opened, he still wanted to understand what happened under the severe pain, so he forced himself to look outside.

    After reading it, I was completely stunned!

    The bow turret of the Seydlitz has completely disappeared like the Lion just now!  Thick smoke and flames covered the entire forward bridge.  Later he learned that, as he had said in response to Hakan's question that day, the improvedThe fire-proof and explosion-proof bulkhead doors and the efforts of the sailors saved the entire battleship. However, before everyone could get over the frustration of being hit, a second shell from the Tiger hit it again.

    At the same time, four terrifying Queen Elizabeth-class battleships appeared on the port side.

    The situation suddenly deteriorated!

    At that moment, Bingwen didn't know that when the four queens were involved in the battle, General Scheer and the main force, who were worried about Hipper, were already less than 30 nautical miles away from them.  When I returned home and worked hard, there was only one sentence from Yang Qiu left in my mind.

    ¡°When you set out again, be sure to protect yourself.¡±

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