The young emperor in the Golden Palace was furious

"We said it well before the war, such as Asia's number one, and the world's number seven. When we were really called, we were all depressed. Why didn't we talk now?"

This sentence is too heavy, and all the ministers in the Golden Palace can no longer stand and fall to the ground.

"I am incompetent, please give me a sin."

He looked at the kneeling minister in disgust, and Guangxu said impatiently:

"Get up, just kneel on the ground and solve the problem?"

"Long live thanks."

Everyone stood up and saw the emperor furious, so they dared not say much. They stood with their heads down for fear that the emperor would be in danger of being bad.

The hall fell into silence. After a while, Liu Kun, the Governor of Liangjiang, came out and reported:

"I have a memorial"

"Acceptance"

"At the beginning of the year, after inquiring about the price with Germany's Volkeng Factory and Shuoxiao Factory, I decided to order two torpedo boats from the two factories, and now the completion is about to be completed."

"It's so good, Liu Aiqing is really a pillar of the country." Emperor Guangxu looked at Liu Kunyi excitedly and asked again:

"I heard that Japan has ordered two major iron ships in Britain, and its strength is open to the eastern seas. I wonder if these four torpedo ships can defeat the two iron ships of Japan?"

Liu Kunyi replied: "Back to the emperor, the torpedo ship is far from the enemy of the iron armored ship. Only the iron armored ship can sink the iron armored ship."

Guangxu felt a little upset when he heard this, and his tone became cold

"Master Weng, why don't you buy a few iron armored ships back? Is Japan rich, but my Qing Dynasty has no money?"

Weng Tonghe couldn't answer, and Zhang Qian said:

"The emperor doesn't know that European powers have international regulations. Once both countries carry out the implementation, countries prohibit the transport of weapons to both sides of the war. Therefore, now they can't buy weapons, and ironclad ships cannot be purchased."

After hearing this, Guangxu said anxiously:

"Can you really have money to buy a squat ship?"

Weng Tonghe knew about this situation and said:

"I discussed ordering the Chilean warship "Belangu Nkarada" a month ago. The ship is indeed the same as Yoshino, but it is more new, with a larger speed and higher firepower. The price is 340,000 pounds plus 28,000 pounds of insurance, transportation and other expenses."

"A week later, Chile refused to allow it. When the price rose to 420,000 pounds, I finally agreed, but after a week I regretted not selling it. My price rose to 500,000 pounds and still won't sell it."

"I have recommended the "Eshimelda" to me since then, but the ship was late and expensive, so I asked for 200,000 pounds, and was finally purchased by Japan for 260,000 pounds."

"After that, many iron armored ships were negotiated, all of which were destroyed by the Japanese, and no iron armored ship has been purchased yet."

When Guangxu heard Weng Tonghe's words, he was even more angry. At this time, Liu Kun stepped forward and said:

"Your Majesty, a few days ago, a German man negotiated with me. This person could buy an iron-clad ship on his behalf, which was much sharper than the Japanese "Yoshino". However, this person's conditions were raised by me, and I dare not agree."

"Is it because the asking price is too high? It doesn't matter. As long as you win the naval battle, no matter how much money it is worth."

"Your Majesty, this person does not sell this ship, but only rents the ship, but the rental price is to pay all the Beiyang Fleet to him. Otherwise, not only will he not rent it to me, but he will sell it to the Japanese at a high price."

When Guangxu heard this, he remained silent, aimed at Weng Tonghe and signaled to Weng Tonghe.

Weng Tonghe had no choice but to go forward and say:

"Emperor, I think it's not bad for us to agree to the Germans first. Ten main ships of the Beiyang Fleet sink three times and seven times, and two ironclad ships were attacked by enemy torpedoes and sunk into the port, which greatly weakened its strength. If the German naval battle wins, we will only build another navy; even if we lose, it will definitely hit Japan hard and make it unable to offend China again. This is the foolish opinion of the old minister, please think twice."

Guangxu thought about it again and looked thoughtful, and said for a while:

"According to Master Weng's words"

On that day, Emperor Guangxu issued an order to appoint the German Reinhardt; Scher was the commander of the newly formed Qing Empire naval force, and the original Beiyang fleet was merged into the Qing Empire navy. In order to restore the naval combat effectiveness, he allocated two million taels of silver to repair damaged ships.

The good news immediately reached Reinhardt; Schell suppressed his excitement, and Reinhardt; Schell wrote a letter to his teacher at the Naval Academy and now the chief of staff of the Naval Academy.

“Dear Mr. Tirpitz:”

"As your most valued student, I was fortunate to be appointed as the commander of the Qing Empire Navy by the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. This fleet has twelve giant ships of more than 2,000 tons. Although only four of them can sail in a short period of time, all ships will be repaired in two months. My real boss also promised to add 17 simple versions of 2,000-ton cruisers to me within half a year. In this way, the tonnage of the Imperial Navy will reach a terrifying 75,000 tons. What a powerful force this is."

"However, the problem I face is that I lack enough naval officers at present. After the Battle of Dadonggou, I met Ding Ruchang, the admiral of the Beiyang Navy in Lushun Port. I cannot help but mourn him deeply and deeply. He was both a brave warrior and a gentle gentleman. He was defeated by arbitrary life and fought against the powerful enemy. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, he performed his last duty in his life and took all the charges for the lives of his soldiers. This was his own decision. He had hoped to live, but he knew that the unkindness of the motherland would be more cruel to him than the unilateral enemy country. Under the lonely lamp in the middle of the night, he thought about it and drank poison. The humiliating expression of the old hero at that time engraved me in this life."

"I'm sorry, I've said too much. I only admire this admiration. Having said that, after Dadonggou, most of the sailors of the Benyang Fleet escaped, and most of the people left behind were useless people. A rough count is that we are still missing 300 sailors, 70 junior naval officers, 30 intermediate officers, and 10 senior officers. After all the ships are restored in two months, they will need 7 times the personnel. These requirements are really impossible for the Qing government. They even restricted the transportation of private ships, and the number of ships is scary. So I beg you to try your best to transfer more people to the scope of their ability. I will give them from the best."

The signature is "Your loyal student Reinhardt; Schell"

The letter took about twenty days to arrive in Germany, and the telegram was much faster. A day later, a telegram was placed in front of Tirpitz, then chief of staff of the German Navy.

Tirpitz had just lobbied in the German parliament for one morning to convince the MPs to send the banknotes to the giants in the shipbuilding and arms industries, and then they converted the money into steel beasts to win the supreme glory for Germany. Judging from the performance of the MPs, everything went very smoothly. Those people rushed to echo him, fearing that they would fall one step behind and be regarded as national sinners.

However, as the actual master of the navy, Tirpitz knew his family's background. The German Navy was just a near-shore defensive force, and its strength was only comparable to Sweden and Denmark, or slightly stronger. These were not what Tirpitz wanted to see. His vision had long surpassed these countries, and these countries were not worthy of being opponents of the German Navy.

His own goal - the Royal Navy of the British was extremely powerful. Not only did it have a huge fleet, but its quality was far greater than that of any other country's navy. This fleet had a glorious tradition. After defeating the Spanish Invincible Fleet in 1588, it had been invincible for 300 years. Spain, France, Germany, and Russia all fell helplessly in front of the British Royal Navy and became a stepping stone for the British Royal Navy. In short, the combat effectiveness of the British Royal Navy has an absolute advantage over Germany.

Looking at the telegram in front of him, Tirpitz smiled, and in front of the ocean, Germany seemed closed and introverted. The Germans were generally recognized as invincible on land. His vast land border was covered with elite German troops. His army was respected by all the countries around him. But perhaps it was because it was too powerful on land that the Germans understood the ocean so poorly. The short coastline was divided into two parts by the Jutland Peninsula. The most ocean he could experience was nothing but the Baltic Sea - and compared with the real sea, it was just a pond.

For the navy, it is far from enough to own giant ships, and it also requires experienced naval soldiers. Obviously, the current Japanese-Shenzhen War provides such a stage. I believe that tens of thousands of naval soldiers in China who lack practical experience will grow rapidly in such large-scale naval wars.

More importantly, as an emerging empire without colonies, would there be a better goal than the Qing Dynasty? As long as Germany can insert its own feet in the Far East, no force can exclude itself.

After receiving the news, the German Emperor happily shouted: "It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Obviously, the emperor also saw the huge benefits brought by intervening in the situation in the Far East, which can make a country crazy."

He asked the General Staff Headquarters to complete the naval personnel output as quickly as possible and try his best to create the reality of Germany in the Far East. The unknown Schell was urgently appointed as a lieutenant colonel of the navy and was promoted to the admiral a few days later, and also served as the theoretical commander of the German Far East Fleet.

The rigorous Germans were really quick to do things. Three days later, the first batch of 300 selected naval officers set out on the way to the Far East. The second batch of 3,000 naval soldiers were preparing their luggage. Behind their slightly young faces, the third batch of personnel were being selected on a large scale.

At the same time, Volkeng Shipyard retried the drawings of the Dingyuan ship that year, and the personnel involved in the design were gathered together to study the combat effectiveness of Dingyuan. These valuable information would be recorded and sent to the Navy. A large number of relevant maintenance equipment were manufactured in various factories, and 305mm shells were urgently recruited and sent to the Far East within a specified period. The information of all the main ships of the Qing Navy and the Japanese Navy was summarized by the German Navy Staff, and more than 200 staff began to use this information to perform naval combat deductions.
Chapter completed!