Although the Admiral cruiser has been modified, its performance is still very low.
Many main structures cannot be changed.
The Taipei Navy is developing so well, and the Beiyang Navy, as the main fleet, is not bad either.
In particular, Jiangsu Naval Shipyard and Taipei Naval Shipyard started construction at the same time.
Jiangsu Shipyard just doesn't build large warships, but they still have talent reserves.
Later, Li Jingxiao asked Lu Mo to hand over the battleship drawings to Jiangsu Shipyard, and also asked Taipei Shipyard to send technical guidance to Jiangsu Shipyard to assist them in building battleships.
Since the launch of the battleship Zheng Chenggong, Jiangsu Shipyard has begun building battleships.
Two Dreadnought-class battleships have already been launched.
It belongs to the same class as the battleship Shi Lang.
Ordered by Li Jingxiao, they were the battleships Qi Jiguang and Hu Zongxian.
Both of them were famous anti-Japanese generals in the Ming Dynasty.
There are also six cruisers of the same class as the Nanya.
They are the cruiser Hefei, the cruiser Shucheng, the cruiser Fengtai, the cruiser Suzhou, the cruiser Lingbi, and the cruiser Huaiyuan.
These six place names are all county towns in Anhui, and Li Jingxiao named them after these places.
One is that he was born in Hefei, and the others are basically the main source of troops for Li Hongzhang to form the Huai Army in this life, which is the nearby county.
Many important officials in the military are from Anhui and Taiwan.
In addition, there are many in Jiangsu and Jiangxi.
In addition to these eight new warships, the previous four Dingyuan-class cruisers and six fierce-class cruisers also participated in the battle.
The personnel of the Beiyang Navy have also changed a lot, and most of them have become captains of new warships.
Lin Hongtao, captain of the battleship Qi Jiguang.
Li Jiwei, captain of the battleship Hu Zongxian.
Lin Yanjun, captain of the cruiser Hefei.
Wang Lichuan, captain of the cruiser Shucheng.
Li Wu, captain of the cruiser Fengtai.
Li Jin, captain of the cruiser Suzhou.
Li Mu, captain of the cruiser Lingbi.
Li Shui, captain of the cruiser Huaiyuan.
Li Huo, captain of the cruiser Dingyuan.
Cui Gang, captain of the cruiser Zhenyuan.
Liu Buchan, captain of the cruiser Laiyuan.
Deng Shichang, captain of the cruiser Zhiyuan.
Lam Tai Tsang, captain of the cruiser HMS Fierce.
Lin Yongsheng, captain of the cruiser HMS Valiant.
Ye Zugui, captain of the cruiser Wu Meng.
Li He, captain of the cruiser USS Quan Meng.
Huang Jianxun, captain of the cruiser HMS Rough.
Lin Lvzhong, captain of the cruiser HMS Swift.
The Beiyang Fleet dispatched a total of eighteen warships, plus the Taipei Fleet's eleven warships, for a total of twenty-nine warships.
There are many new faces in the Beiyang Navy this time.
These people are all very young officers, about the same age as Li Wu and others.
It's just that he went to study abroad later than Li Wu and others, and one year later than Deng Shichang.
These people have studied at Jiangsu Naval Academy and Fujian Naval Academy for many years.
Then Li Jingxiao had people dig them out of the school and send them to study abroad, paying for all their tuition and living expenses.
After graduating and returning to China, this group of people entered the Beiyang Navy to study.
The Beiyang Navy has done a good job in political and ideological work, and these people are also the best students of this class of graduates.
Deng Shichang has not yet admitted that he is a member of the Tenglong Army, but he is not opposed to doing things for the Tenglong Army.
In addition to dealing with the Qing Dynasty, he was willing to participate in dealing with foreigners.
As Deng Shichang's thoughts slowly changed, Deng Shichang was promoted to captain again, and the warship changed from 2,900 tons to 4,600 tons.
The first day Deng Shichang set foot on the Zhiyuan, he felt that the warship was very friendly.
It was as if he was destined to become the captain of this warship.
On this day, Deng Shichang showed a rare expression of joy, with a smile on his face.
I made up my mind that I must lead this warship well, work hard to kill the enemy, and severely damage the foreign warship.
One day later, the Taipei Navy arrived in Tongzhou and the two armies met.
Navy Commander-in-Chief Qin Hai met with all captains of the Taipei Navy.
After the Taipei Navy approached the port, all the captains disembarked and came to Qin Hai.
"Hello, Commander-in-Chief, Commander of the Taipei Navy and Captain of the battleship Zheng Chenggong, Zheng Yong, salutes you!"
"Hello Commander-in-Chief, Shi Yang, Deputy Commander of the Taipei Navy and Captain of the battleship Shi Lang, salutes you!"
"Hello Commander-in-Chief, Taipei Navy;"
"Captain Yao Jianyong of the cruiser Nanya;"
"Captain Liang Xiaodong of the cruiser Yilan;"
"Captain Wang Jingyu of the cruiser Miaosu;"
"Captain Jiang Liuxian of the cruiser Changhua;"
"Captain Xin Shenju of the cruiser Yunlin;"
"Captain Yang Yonglin of the cruiser Keelung;"
"Captain Sa Zhenbing of the fishing cruiser;"
"Captain Fang Boqian of the cruiser Hsinchu;"
"Captain Qiu Baoren of the cruiser Tamsui;"
"Salute to you!"
"Hahaha, our main fleet is inferior to the Taipei fleet."
"Hehe, Commander-in-Chief is joking, we will always be your soldiers."
"Haha, these foreign devils always have short memories and come to our coastal defense line to cause trouble from time to time."
"Especially since Lao Maozi and the French guy have been killed twice by us, and they still want to touch our dragon's beard."
"Since they are not afraid of pain, we will kill them again and beat them until they are convinced."
"Commander-in-Chief, you were the main attacker last time. Let us, the Taipei Navy, be the vanguard this time."
"Zheng Yong, you are the vanguard. I'm afraid that those behind us will no longer be the main force, but just miscellaneous logistics troops."
"Besides, I'm also afraid that once you go, you will scare away everyone on the other side."
"This time I decided to use four Dingyuan-class cruisers and six fierce-class cruisers as the vanguard."
"Our four Qi Jiguang-type battleships, followed by fifteen Keelung-class cruisers as capital ships, followed closely behind."
Zheng Yong nodded: "Okay, Commander, I listen to you. Let the brothers in front not fight too fast. Otherwise, our vanguard will wipe out the opponent and we will become a foil again."
"Hahaha, okay, okay, don't worry, this time we are facing the navies of five countries. There are plenty of opportunities for you."
"Pass my military order. After half an hour's rest, the army will set off!"
"yes!"
Qin Hai gave the order and everyone started to move. The captain of the Taipei Navy and the captain of the Beiyang Navy exchanged a few polite words.
In particular, Liu Buchan, Ye Zugui and others of the Beiyang Navy were particularly happy to see Yang Yonglin, Sa Zhenbing and others of the Taipei Navy.
They are students from the same batch. They study together in China, then study abroad together, and are assigned together later.
But Yang Yonglin and the others were assigned to the Taipei Navy to study there.
Liu Buchan's eyes widened when he saw Yang Yonglin's warship.
"Yuchen, Ding Ming, you were promoted too quickly, right?"
"I thought I was promoted very quickly, but you guys are faster than me."
"Look at my brothers, only my warship has reached 4,600 tons, while the other brothers only have 2,900 tons."
"You are all captains of large warships of over 7,800 tons."
