"Okay... I will open the window and speak frankly... This Jinling is where my governor's residence is, and your Chinese warships cannot show off their power here!"
"Go back! This is still the land of the Qing Dynasty, and this is still the territory under my jurisdiction!"
"Stop talking about the bad public security in Jiangnan! If there is any trouble in the Chinese industrial zone, we will naturally give you an explanation. Do you think our Hunan Army can't suppress the bandits?"
The Ninth Commander was drinking on this giant ship, feeling very depressed, especially because the huge gun barrel above his head was completely beyond his understanding.
Lin Zhen was not angry and said with a smile, "Commander, please be patient! Everything we Chinese do is based on the details of the concession treaty. His Majesty has agreed to things, so why does the Marshal stop him?"
"Now that the situation in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties is in crisis, the civil war is raging, and the capital can no longer defend itself, is it possible that half of the country in the south of the Yangtze River will still be in chaos?"
"The world is in chaos, but it is the common people who are suffering! We, the Chinese, come out to protect us, not only to protect our own interests, but also to protect the safety of the people in Jiangnan..."
"No need!" Ninth Commander said sternly, "The Qing Kingdom hasn't been sold to you yet. The sovereignty belongs to me, and I, the Hunan Army, can control the situation!"
"This Jinling is your last stop... lead the team back, otherwise you will be responsible for all the consequences yourself!"
Lin Zhen didn't have a good temper to begin with. He didn't even have Xiang Yinggao in his political office. He had a temper that was easy to get used to. He said in his heart that I'd give you good wine and good food, but you're still making fun of me?
"Haha... What does the Ninth Commander mean? Does it mean that the treaties signed by Emperor Tongzhi don't count? Does this mean that the capital has changed its flag and wants to burn a new stove?"
"Haha... don't blame me for speaking frankly. Even if Guiziliu becomes the emperor! He will still have to recognize the treaty signed by Emperor Tongzhi!"
"We Chinese must increase our troops! No one can stop us!"
"Okay! Hahaha..." Jiu Shuai laughed. "Young man, I advise you not to be too angry!"
"I, the 100,000 descendants of the Hunan Army in Jinling, cannot tolerate you running wild... Don't think that you are great just because you have a battleship. You can't even reach land!"
"Do you really think that my ninth commander's evil reputation was just blown away? If you don't retreat, then don't blame me, the Hunan Army, for being rude!"
Lin Zhen looked at the old man's stern look and wanted to laugh in his heart, "Hmm... The commander is so powerful... How could I not know about his reputation for massacre of the city back then?"
"But this is a bit of a bluff now, isn't it? Do you have one hundred thousand in Jinling City? Haha... Fifty thousand is not even enough!"
"Still want to start a war? The fortifications along the river were not designed by our Chinese civil engineers? Our coordinates are more accurate than yours!"
"As long as we fire the cannon, we won't need to measure the ready-made shooting elements again!"
"There are just a few 120-caliber artillery pieces, all the shells are imported, and the forms are all in my bag. Who else are you threatening with them?"
"Do you really think that my new Chinese battleship is made of paper? Come here... bring the samples from the showroom and let the commander open his eyes! I want to see how you destroyed my mountain-like armored ship. !”
Things had been prepared a long time ago. Two soldiers carried a dark wooden box, which looked heavy, and placed it on the cold table to open it.
Lin Zhen sneered and said, "The main armor cutting sample piece, the German shipyard, gives each armored ship a souvenir! Let the commander open his eyes today, what is 300 armors!"
The generals of the Hunan Army gathered around and were dumbfounded after watching it. Many people took a breath and shook their heads, not knowing what to say.
The box is decorated with black velvet and is a palm-sized iron plate. One side is painted on the front and back, and the other side is brown steel.
The cross-section is shiny silver with no rust at all. I don’t know how the Germans cut it. You can see fine cut marks, but the thickness is amazing.
The Eight Great King Kongs of the Chinese clan are all the latest iron-clad ships. Xiao Letian's requirements are very high, requiring such warships to have the highest defense capabilities in the world.
The armor on the main bullet-facing surfaces on both sides of the battleship all exceeds 300 mm. The thickness of the Qinling's bullet-facing surface armor reaches an astonishing 330 mm!
This is almost the width of an adult’s thumb and index finger!
Made of pure steel, the armor is 330mm thick, and some generals can't hold it even if they hold it with both hands!
The Ninth Commander looked at such heavy armor without saying a word, his face as blue as a steel plate!
"Commander... We have done experiments in Germany... Such a steel plate will not be penetrated by ten rounds of 120 artillery shells on the front. Do you think your fort can be so powerful?"
"Let me ask you again, what kind of artillery shells did you buy? Open # flower bombs? Delay # flower bombs? How many rounds of armor-piercing # shells have you bought?"
"Hahaha... Has the Ninth Commander never seen various types of artillery shells? Come here... bring a few up to open the eyes of all friendly troops!"
"Yes...the elevator starts...one round of various types of artillery shells..."
The orders were passed down one after another. At this moment, the Hunan Army generals felt their feet begin to vibrate, and something seemed to be moving inside the battleship.
They didn't know that countless gears, conveyor belts, and huge buckles were in operation, and the soldiers below the deck were loading and unloading artillery shells in an orderly manner.
The shells of this kind of main gun cannot be loaded and unloaded manually, and all require mechanical transmission. The Germans' precision mechanical manufacturing capabilities are evident here.
One after another, the cannonballs were stuck and began to lift upwards. Finally, the sailors used huge calipers to lift them and place them on the deck!
The generals of the Hunan Army who had fought all their lives were dumbfounded. They had never seen such a huge artillery shell. A 210-caliber artillery shell actually required four adult soldiers to carry it.
Moreover, it requires professional calipers to lift it. Lin Zhen even said, "Hey... this is the warhead... When it is launched, a certain amount of medicine packets must be packed according to the distance. They are all medicine packets wrapped in fine silk!"
"A cannonball weighs more than half a ton... Look at this, it's called a cement-piercing #armour-piercing bullet! There is no powder in the warhead, it's solid cement..."
"There is also a hard core of steel in the cement! This is called an armor-piercing bullet, which relies on kinetic energy to knock a gap out of the armor...these ones here are called #flower bombs!"
"Dear friendly adults! There is so much knowledge involved in this artillery battle, and I can't explain it clearly for a while... Do you think there is a real fight, what are your chances of winning?"
The more Lin Zhen said, the more livid the faces of these Hunan Army generals became, especially the Ninth Commander, whose face was as dark as a scapegoat.
The old man is old, and he has never seen a junior who is so disrespectful. This is not giving him any steps! The Ninth Commander had already kicked the steel plate today. He really didn't expect that there would be such a huge gap between the new warship and the Zhiyuan ship in his impression.
What era is the design style of the Zhiyuan ship? That was the design style during the Sino-Japanese War of 1884-1894, and the design ideas of the Chinese Eight King Kongs now completely copy the battleship design from the First World War.
Can it be the same? It’s a pity that Jiu Shuai doesn’t understand anything!
Just when the ninth commander was about to get angry because he couldn't get off the stage, a man suddenly appeared from the boarding ramp and shouted, "Lin Zhen... you are so disrespectful to the commander! How can you talk like that..."
At the critical moment, Fan Jin ran up panting!
