Chapter 91 Arrival

"Your excellency, two days...!"

Li Mo doesn't know how many times this sentence has been repeated tonight, but he still has to smile and repeat it to the German minister: "If you support me two days later, I can not only dedicate the new boiler technology to your emperor, but also after this rebellion is resolved, I think Her Majesty will be very willing to purchase in large quantities. For your country's arms, I will definitely advise her to build Oahu into a sea fortress that will never fall. I think it's at least a million pounds of big business!"

"Don't worry, dear Li, you will be Germany's best friend!" As the German minister said, he smiled and picked up a check of 10,000 pounds.

Britain, France, Germany...

After walking out of the last German embassy, Li Mo finally showed a smile on his face. Now everything is ready. I don't know if Long Guozhang can block the beautiful [***] ship when he gets there!

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The morning light was white, and the wind that raged all night finally calmed down, and the blue Pacific Ocean gradually showed its beautiful face.

Suddenly, pieces of black smoke rose from the horizon like a rising dragon. In less than a while, a small fleet gradually jumped out of the horizon. The straight bow split the waves, and the huge steel body flashed in the golden sun, like a manic and thirsty beast on the way, flying fast!

One ironclad ship, two protective cruisers, two torpedo destroyers and two temporarily leased protective cruisers of the Chilean Navy, plus up to four supply ships.

Although it sounds like there are six capital ships, the largest ironclad ships are only 6,900 tons. Compared with the battleships that often reach tens of thousands of tons in Europe at this moment, the fleet is obviously not inflow.

But when this fleet is spread out and forms a geese-shaped high-speed formation, you can really feel the huge momentum and the pressure they bring!

"Old Dragon! Well done!"

After rushing back to Chile with two cruisers that had just been inspected, Chen Ping immediately found a fast ship to catch up with the fleet. At this time, he held the railing and stood on the flying bridge of the flagship Long Xiao, looked at the meticulous sailors around him, looked at the neat formation, and patted Long Guozhang on the shoulder with a smile.

"That's all the young master's credit!" Long Guozhang scratched his neck, and his heart was itchy.

It's not easy to get the praise of Chen Ping, a top student of the British Naval Academy, so Long Guozhang couldn't help but be a little proud. He laughed and said, "I just did it according to the requirements of the young master's naval training outline, not to mention that you and the Chilean navy do tactical guidance, and now add Lao Tan, my Lao Long is just Just sell a few handfuls of strength!" After saying that, Long Guozhang looked at Tan Xiaozeng beside him again.

"Don't talk to me. I've only been here for a few days. I won't compete with you for this credit." Tan Xiaozeng's eyes turned white, took out his pipe and stuffed the tobacco. He took a deep breath, and then sighed and said, "In two years, I can train a group of people who have only seen the sea for a few days like this, Lao Long! Tan is convinced!"

"Where is it? It's a shame, it's a shame!" Long Guozhang's mouth is crooked, but he is still modest.

"Oh!" Chen Ping patted the railing and smiled jokingly: "When did Lao Long know how to be humble? It seems that these two years of practice have really changed you!"

"Really?! Wow, click...!"

Long Guozhang finally couldn't hide it and laughed, which made Chen Ping, who had just finished praising him, despise him! He quickly interrupted his pride and asked, "Do you know where the Mei [***] ship has arrived?"

Chen Ping's words made Long Guozhang immediately stop laughing. He took the lead in getting into the bridge, pointed to the chart on the table, and said, "According to the time, they should have crossed the Magellan Strait and are about to reach Christmas Island."

After listening to Long Guozhang's words, Chen Ping suddenly moved his heart and asked, "Do you think if the American [***] ship arrives in Chile, will we find our secret on Mas Island?"

"Don't worry." Tan Xiaozeng's pipe lit up a few times and squinted his old smile and said, "We were ready when we set out. Now the four determined ships should have gone to the sea for training under the leadership of Lao Liu. It is impossible to hit the American fleet."

"That's good." Chen Ping nodded. He still cared about the secret of Masdi Island.

Long Guozhang didn't care. He curled his lips and said, "The Itata incident during the last Chilean Civil War made Chile and the United States uncomfortable. Up to now, Itata is still detained in the United States! Now even if Americans want to visit Mast Island, that guy from Monte doesn't want to show it to them!"

"Yes, in fact, the pressure in Chile is really great now, but they should be relieved in a few days. As long as Hawaii gets it, the young master will announce the purchase of these old warships from Chile, and no one will pay too much attention to them at that time!" Tan Xiaozeng said.

"The pressure is great, but it makes a lot of money!" Long Guozhang didn't think so, but wrapped his neck excitedly: "You know? Those bastards, how much money have you spent on me in the past two years? It cost 50,000 pounds just to repair and change the barrel a few times! Grandma! [Skiy] They all bought a thunder... Oh, no, it's a destroyer!"

Thinking of the new naval ship standards set by the young master, Long Guozhang stopped for a moment and stamped his feet and said hatefully, "Dog said, for this, the young master called me last time to warn me that he should learn to save!"

"Ha ha, there's nothing we can do about it. With so many warships, the young master's pressure is not small!" Tan Xiaozeng nodded and knew the young master's intentions very well.

"It's almost time. After half a year, when all our battleships come back, we can rely on Hawaii for resupply and maintenance, and we don't have to look at other people's faces!" For the navy that spends a lot of money, Chen Ping has no good way to relieve the young master's difficulties, and he can only comfort himself.

As soon as he heard the battleship, Tan Xiaozeng's eyes lit up, and Long Guozhang's face was almost crooked. It was a 13,000-ton giant ship! One has caught up with two heavy cruisers! He quickly asked, "Yuanshou, you have been supervising in Europe. Do you think those two Arctic star battleships are really so powerful? Can't we go on the four determination-class cruisers together?

Avoiding the impatient Long Guozhang, Chen Ping smiled and looked at Tan Xiaozeng's introduction: "The cruiser is a warship with a long range of speed, supplemented by artillery, and can perform a variety of tasks. Tactically, it is also mainly patrolling, protecting the channel and breaking the attack, and can accompany the capital ship in a decisive battle at sea. But battleships are different. They are mainly armored and artillery, and are the main force in the decisive battle at sea, so the functions of the two ships are different. It can't be said that who is powerful is not.

Compared with myself, the foundation of Long Guozhang is indeed poor, and his brain is still in the Beiyang era. Tan Xiaozeng has also been away from the navy for many years, and he needs to take this opportunity to change their minds, so Chen Ping slowed down and continued: "The young master once said that as the artillery technology becomes more and more advanced, in order to obtain better protection, the armor of the battleships is bound to become thicker and thicker, so even if there are 20,000 to 30,000 tons in the future, even Battleships with more than 50,000 tons are not uncommon.

In addition to the increase in tonnage, the speed of the cruiser will also be faster and faster. According to the young master's estimate, the basic speed of the cruiser in the future should be more than 26 knots, so that the cruiser can carry out better long-going mobile operations and cooperate with the main fleet decisive battle!

As for small ships such as destroyers, in addition to the need to be greatly improved in speed, they also need to be improved. The destroyers he plans to be mainly torpedo attacks, supplemented by artillery, and can cooperate with the fleet to carry out ocean-going maneuvers!"

"Hiss..." After listening to Chen Ping's words, Long Guozhang took a breath of cold air: "Five tons! The speed of more than 26 knots! Impossible, right? Can such a big ship float? Can you run so fast? If that's the case, wouldn't it be the world of large heavy ships in the future?

Chen Ping recalled Li Mo's words. Although he was also skeptical, he still said seriously, "Yes, this is the trend! When I was studying ten years ago, the largest warship was only 5,000 to 6,000 tons, but what about ten years later? The majestic battleship being built by Britain has reached 16,000 tons! Therefore, the large-scale of the fleet will be the main trend in the future. According to the young master, the small torpedo destroyer will also be amplified and will eventually replace the protective cruiser such as the Sky!

" No wonder!" Long Guozhang scratched his head and suddenly realized, "No wonder when the young master ordered four heavy cruisers, he reduced the coverage of armor and increased the boiler and steam engine!" At that time, I was still wondering how to fight without armor. It seems that the young master still sees far away!"

"Yes! Although the weight of armor is reduced, it can greatly increase the speed and change the speed of armor. This transaction is not a loss!" In Tan Xiaozeng's words, he has not changed the words of more than ten years of businessmanship.

Long Guozhang took a deep breath and looked at the warships arranged neatly on the left and right. Suddenly, he found that they were so simple. Compared with the big navy planned by the young master, they were simply toys for children to play at home!

"I really don't know if I can wait until that day!" Long Guozhang's eyes were shining, and after a long time, he wondered, "Yuanshou, you said that the young master is not like you have been to the Naval Academy. How can he understand so much?"

Tan Xiaozeng also pricked up his ears. During this period, he also knew something about Master Li's magical deeds, but the more he knew about it, the more incredible he felt. Therefore, Long Guozhang's words immediately aroused his interest. He also wanted to hear that he had followed the young master for a longer time than himself and was regarded as one of his confidants. How will Chen Ping answer?

"How do I know!"

Unexpectedly, Chen Ping also shook his head at Li Mo's deeds. Let alone the prediction of the future of the navy just now, who would have thought that the foreign teacher, who had been repeatedly talked about by the young master, was actually a liar!

"Do you think a 12-year-old child will believe that a 12-year-old child points to tell you that there is a gold mine, and it is an unprecedented gold mine?"

Thinking of the young master's explanation after he met Sloe that day, Chen Ping was speechless. Master Li dared to pull Mr. Yang out just a shield! But where did he learn that knowledge?

Do you read more newspapers again?!!

At this time, a voice suddenly interrupted the thoughts of the three people. It is reported that the fleet has arrived off the coast of the Big Island of Hawaii, and it will enter Hawaii in two hours!"

"I see!" Chen Ping waved his hand, looked at the vast blue sea, and took a deep breath.

"Young master, you should take Oahu at this time!"

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