Those with a weight of more than 1,300 tons include the cruiser Higashikata, the cruiser Kasuga, the cruiser Unyo, and the cruiser Asama.
Those with a weight of over 1,000 tons include the cruiser Mount Fuji, the cruiser Izumi, the cruiser Musashi, and the cruiser Kawachi.
Those with a weight of more than 800 tons include the cruiser Qinghui, the cruiser Amagi, the cruiser Iwaki, the cruiser Pangui, the cruiser Yangchun, the cruiser Denki, the cruiser Asayo Maru, and the cruiser Ennen.
There are also ten small gunboats with a strength of about 500.
Japan has quietly developed such a huge fleet.
The five main warships are already stronger than the warships built by the Qing Dynasty itself.
There are also 16 warships of about 1,000 tons.
This number is stronger than that of Tsarist Russia.
It’s no wonder that Tsarist Russia lost the Russian-Japanese naval battle.
The total tonnage of the Japanese navy exceeded 30,000 tons, and the Qing Dynasty's Beiyang Navy only had about 28,000 tons.
The Qing Dynasty only counts the main fleet, not those captured.
The Japanese army mainly has a large number of warships, and its total tonnage seems to be large.
Being pulled out to fight alone is no match for the Beiyang Navy.
The current Japanese Navy Minister is Katsu Kaishu. He is the founder of the Japanese Shogunate Navy and a representative of the enlightened ministers of the Edo Shogunate.
It was also he who persuaded the last shogun to surrender and successfully negotiated peace.
He made great contributions to the shogunate's return of power to the emperor.
This little devil's naval base is in Yokosuka.
Yokosuka was originally a fishing village. After Emperor Hitsukiji's restoration, he vigorously built a steel mill here, and then developed a naval shipyard here.
After Sheng Haizhou proposed to purchase a large number of warships, this place would become a military port when the warships were purchased.
Emperor Niyueji also set up a garrison here, the navy built forts, barracks and schools along the coast, and the army set up defenses in the hinterland and set up the Tokyo Bay Fortress Headquarters.
This place is somewhat similar to the Bohai Sea in the Qing Dynasty.
The Bohai Sea is also an inland sea and is guarded by the capital.
Yokosuka was guarding Edo, the future Tokyo.
There is a natural protective barrier.
Yokosuka is a very mini version, but small has its advantages.
This time France was instigating from the middle, and Tsarist Russia also wanted to take revenge. Each of the three great powers wanted to occupy the northwest and northeast of the Qing Dynasty.
There is also an ambition for North Korea to continue its march northward to Northeast China and other places, as well as Taiwan.
France also coveted the islands near the Qing Dynasty, especially Taiwan Island.
The places that the three companies are interested in have overlaps.
Especially the little devil, who is short but still dances happily all day long.
He is ready to join forces with France to pull out the nails in Taipei's territory.
The French home fleet is too far away from here. Later, you can agree to divide the Taiwan area in half with them.
When the time is right, they will drive France away. By then, they will no longer be afraid even if the French main fleet comes.
Recently, they have sent many people to England, Prussia and the United States to learn shipbuilding skills.
Especially building large warships, battleships and large cruisers.
Many people were also sent to study abroad to learn artillery technology.
In addition to sending men to study abroad, they also sent many female spies.
They have two goals. One is to bring outstanding shipbuilding talents from abroad back to China.
One is to inquire about their shipbuilding plans. It is best to get the drawings and then transport them back to the country.
But is it all so accessible?
Impossible, how can you pick the fruit without sacrifice.
There has to be sacrifice...
The little devil has initially negotiated cooperation with France and Tsarist Russia.
But they all have their own agendas and want to monopolize the territory.
Let the little devil join, they all think that the little devil is weak and easy to bully.
Little did they know that the weakest looking one was actually a man-eating wolf.
Now they are waiting for Tsarist Russia's new Vladivostok fleet to be formed.
France is also applying for new warships from their homeland.
France currently has thirty warships in Cochin China.
They are eight large transport ships of 1,600 tons, each of which can transport more than a thousand troops.
Six 1,323-ton old wooden armored cruisers with a speed of 15.5 knots.
The four upgraded versions of the vanguard cruisers have a full load of 2,600 tons. They also have two 203mm rapid-fire cannons as the main guns and 10 166mm rapid-fire cannons as the secondary guns.
2 Alma-class ironclads.
The two warships are the Alma and the Almid.
Construction of the Atalante began in Cherbourg, France in June 1865, was launched on April 9, 1868, and entered service in 1869.
This class of ship has a maximum displacement of 3,828 tons, a length of 68.88 meters, a width of about 13.9 meters, and a draft of about 6.4 meters.
Equipped with 4 boilers, single-shaft propulsion, output horsepower of 1580-1890 horsepower, speed of about 11.5 knots, and coal load of 250 tons.
The side armor of this class ship is 2.4 meters high and the waterline belt is 150 mm, the gun shell armor is 120 mm, and the ear platform armor is 100 mm. The number of staff is 316.
Because the French commander-in-chief of Cochin China, Lisby, knew their goal this time.
One of them cooperated with Tsarist Russia to put pressure on the Qing Dynasty, and then enabled the Qing Dynasty to compromise and continue to cede territory and pay compensation.
The other is to prevent the Qing Dynasty's naval power from continuing to expand.
The Qing Dynasty has grown to such an extent without them knowing it.
Those four Dingyuan-class cruisers of more than 4,000 tons were more powerful than all the warships of him and the little devil.
It would be best to get warships from China that can rival the Qing Dynasty's Dingyuan ships in order to put pressure on the Qing Dynasty.
It would be better if this fleet of the Qing Dynasty could be eliminated.
It's all my fault that the damn Prussians built such terrifying warships for the Qing Dynasty.
The other thing is to wait for Tsarist Russia's new warships to come out, otherwise it will be difficult to overwhelm the Great Qing Navy.
In addition, Lisby learned a piece of news from the little devil Sheng Haizhou.
Taiwan's Taipei Fleet is very powerful.
Several of their warships tried their best to get close to Taipei, but they were all sunk there.
Fortunately, they went to old ships, otherwise they would have been heartbroken.
Lisby believed that the disappearance of the original Cochin China fleet must be related to these rebels.
This time, he also asked the headquarters for warships for the purpose of preparing to attack Taiwan again.
He wanted to teach the rebels in Taipei a lesson for daring to offend the French.
It's just that it seems like the rebels and the Qing army are at war recently, and they basically don't get any news from Taiwan.
After the Qing Dynasty Navy has been dealt with, the Taipei rebels will be dealt with.
Representatives of France, Tsarist Russia and the Japs have conspired several times in the territory of the Qing Dynasty.
It is to gain more benefits for oneself.
Tsarist Russia's request was that they wanted a large piece of land in the northwest of the Qing Dynasty.
And they want the Qing Dynasty's Beiyang Navy to be wiped out.
In addition, they also want large areas of Heilongjiang territory.
The envoys of the little devils asked them to obtain part of North Korea and Jilin and a large area of Shengjing.
They also want half of Taiwan’s land.
France won't do it now, you little dwarf are you pushing your limits?
If you want North Korea, Shengjing and Jilin, you still want Taiwan.
You want half of Taiwan, so I’m left with half of Taiwan?
Absolutely not.
