Ulan Geli didn't get any help from Exon. Even when he visited other prisoners the next day, the senior generals received negative feedback!
Years of living as captives have worn away their fighting spirit, and the soft power that the Chinese have shown in front of them over the years has frightened these captives even more!
Tsarist Russia is not afraid of military confrontation, and has not been afraid of it since ancient times. The more you go to war with them, the more you can inspire this nation's fighting spirit to defeat the enemy with the same enemy!
Even if they eat black bread mixed with sawdust, they will fight you till the end!
Wasn't this how Nazi Germany was dragged to death during World War II?
But this nation is most afraid of soft power confrontation in peacetime, because the people in the cold zone have lived a very difficult life since ancient times. Their products are not rich to begin with, and the quality of life is far inferior to that in the temperate zone.
But human beings have the same desire for a better life. They also envy the life in affluent areas. They have stayed in the Chinese territory for too long, and no matter how hard their bones are, they will be softened by the warm wind of the Pacific Ocean!
Ulan Geli couldn't stay any longer, so he immediately booked a cruise ticket for tomorrow. He would go to Beijing immediately, where he would wait for news from Moscow, and at the same time, he would try his luck with Emperor Tongzhi!
There are many cruise ships from Naha to the mainland. Basically there is one every other day, and sometimes there are even two cruise ships in one day!
Booking a ship ticket as a minister is very smooth. The Coral, belonging to the Nanyang Steam Navigation Company, will sail on time at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning!
At 7 o'clock in the morning, the staff of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs came to see him off and brought small gifts prepared by the head of state and the Grand Council for the minister. At the same time, two elderly members of parliament came to see him off!
The etiquette was very high. The two congressmen were both veterans of the ancient Ryukyu Kingdom. They were both over seventy years old. Such a farewell for the old man was really a great honor to Ulan Geli!
But when the group arrived at the dock, they received bad news. The Coral's sailing had been postponed. It was said that there was a sudden big storm in the East China Sea, so it could only set off tomorrow!
Although the Chinese have begun to establish a scientific research system for weather forecasting and have established a large number of weather stations, due to the backward technology of this era, the Chinese cannot be very accurate!
Especially for marine weather forecasts, it is very rare to be able to give one day's advance warning. Ulan Geli had no choice but to give up when he saw that the weather was not good, and temporarily stayed in Naha for one more night!
Early the next morning, which was the third day after his meeting with the head of state, Ulan Geli couldn't wait any longer and rushed to the dock very early to ask to board the ship!
The captain did not get the news that it was safe to sail, so he politely asked Wu Langeli to wait at the dock first. It is very likely that he will not be able to sail today. This is all subject to notification.
But Ulan Geli couldn't listen to the advice anymore and strongly demanded to get on the boat. I would live on the boat and set off at any time!
The captain also knew the identity of the Russian. He did not dare to offend the minister and could only allow him and his entourage to board the ship and wait slowly!
The Coral has been waiting for news from the weather station. Since yesterday, weather stations in Kyushu, Japan and North Korea have sent telegrams. There is a heavy rain in the sea very close to the south of Jeju Island!
When these weather stations send telegrams that it is safe, the port authority here in Naha will release these ships heading north!
Wu Langeli stood on the bow deck and waited impatiently. He had not waited for the good news about the sailing all morning. Just when he was about to lose his patience, at 12 noon, suddenly the port authority sent good news that the ship could sail. Sailing!
At this time, there were hundreds of passengers waiting at the pier who were ready to board the ship. These people did not have the privileges of ministers and could only bask in the sun on the pier. When they saw that they could board the ship, they immediately crowded in.
Ulan Geli stood at the railing and watched the passengers board the ship. His depressed mood finally improved a lot, but when he looked up at the mountains of Naha in the distance and the bustling markets in the mountains, his heart sank again.
"Is this Chinese race really invincible?" Wulan Geli bowed his head and said nothing.
Wuwuwu... The whistle finally sounded. After more than two hours of boarding, the Coral finally slowly left the pier. The propeller hit the water, the pilot boat opened the way in front, and the huge cruise ship set sail.
After sailing out of the bay, there is the vast East China Sea. It takes three days of sailing north to enter the Bohai Sea!
After the Coral sailed out of the bay and entered the waters of the East China Sea, just when Ulangeli was about to return to the cabin to rest for a while, there was a loud whistle like a whistle on the sea, earth-shattering!
"What happened?" Ulan Geli asked in shock.
Naha has become a famous port in Asia. Its throughput is on par with Shanghai and Japan. The port is extremely crowded and busy, and there are countless merchant ships gathering on the route outside the port!
At this moment, the ships that Ulan Geli could see were all white ships. The sight of so many ships cheering together made him extremely shocked!
"South...south..." On the deck of the Coral, many passengers extended their arms to the south, and everyone screamed with excitement.
Ulan Geli subconsciously followed the direction of their fingers and looked, "Ah!" He shouted, and the cigar in his hand fell directly into the sea water, which he had just lit.
Directly south of the East China Sea, as if they suddenly appeared from the horizon, two huge warships were riding the wind and waves and were rapidly approaching the north!
The whistle blew loudly on the sea, and all the merchant ships along the way cheered, and all the channels in the middle were cleared!
Those are two brand-new iron-clad ships, the latest steel behemoths, which have just sailed from distant Germany and returned to Asia across half the world to join the Chinese navy!
Ulan Geli's eyes turned blue. He had studied the Zhiyuan very deeply. He had collected almost all the information that could be found on the market. To be honest, he could almost count the total number of objects on the side of the Zhiyuan above the waterline. A rivet!
These two brand new battleships are Zhiyuan class, but not entirely!
For the navies around the world, the Zhiyuan battleship is no longer a battleship, but represents a standard and a design idea!
This is called the Zhiyuan series. Humans call the ironclads before the birth of the Zhiyuan the former Zhiyuan class! After the birth of the Zhiyuan, all the warships produced according to this idea are called the later Zhiyuan-class warships!
We can also say eras, the pre-Zhiyuan era, and the post-Zhiyuan era!
Heavy armor, assembly line design, turret central axis arrangement, all using mechanical power and abandoning sails...a series of design ideas have established the classic status of this warship!
These are two Zhiyuan-class battleships, but they are enlarged versions of the Zhiyuan!
The displacement of the Zhiyuan is less than 3,000 tons, and the volume of these two ships is almost double. If you underestimate it, they must have a displacement of 5,000 tons!
A larger hull can carry greater power. Just listening to the roar of these two battleships, you can tell how powerful they are. The power provided by the steam turbine unit is at least three times that of the Zhiyuan!
With such a large volume and such powerful power, it can carry heavier armor!
At this moment, Ulan Gelido wished he had a pair of clairvoyant eyes!
