Yue Yun on the ironclad ship of the Sovereign was using a telescope to observe the city of Geransha in front of him.

It was against this background that the attack on the local garrison by Dutch soldiers had now been reported in the newspapers, and it was against this background that he was ordered to attack all Dutch warships in the South Seas, and at the same time cooperate with the Southeast Military Region to occupy Manila and Yagda, which belonged to the Netherlands.

Liu Chen was also looking at the situation on the island, put down the binoculars and said, "Except for some buildings destroyed by shells and explosions, it seems that there is no difference on the island. ”

"Hmph, the Dutch and the Japanese are unreliable, and it's not bad to show the fox's tail now, at least it can reduce the losses suffered by the empire, and it will be even more of a loss if the Dutch trick them into more technological empires." Yue Yun said lightly, he had always been deeply wary of outsiders, after all, the empire had suffered too much humiliation over the years.

Liu Chen looked back at the twenty-three ironclad ships emitting black smoke behind him with a proud expression, the ironclad ships performed well in the battle of Dengzhou, at that time, they were almost riding through the navy under the cannon fire of the combined fleet, and the battleships of the combined fleet were powerless.

Such an excellent performance naturally allowed the shipyard to see the blueprint for the development of future warships, so in the past year and a half, the shipyards of the empire worked at full power, and on the basis of the first ironclad ship, all shipyards in the United Nations built twenty-four ironclad ships at the same time, three tonnage classes.

For example, the ironclad ship they are riding on now belongs to the top battleship among ironclad ships, with a total armor weight of 1461 tons. The length of the ironclad fort is 45.5 meters, the armor thickness of the waterline of the ironclad fort is 355 mm, the thickness of the armor under the waterline is 304 mm, the armor thickness of the main gun is 304mm, the thickness of the gun cover is 15mm, the armor of the command tower is 203mm, the total length is 95 meters, the width is 19.4 meters, the draft is 6.53 meters, the horizontal three-expansion steam engine is adopted, the power is 6000 horsepower, the speed is 14.5 knots, it can carry 700 tons of coal at a time, it can last 3500 nautical miles at the speed of 10 knots, it has 8 boilers, the displacement is 7411 tons, and the full load displacement is 7935 tons.

In addition, they are glad that the power of the empire has also developed greatly during the construction of ironclads, so this technology has also been applied to ironclads.

Thanks to the availability of electricity, the Ironclad was equipped with searchlights from the Imperial Lamp Factory, which were as bright as the light of eight thousand candles.

In terms of weapons, the King has also adopted the most advanced breeched rifled artillery technology, with 4 main guns for the Guards 305mm breech guns, these four guns are divided into 2 twin guns mounted on the open air battery, 8 150mm breech auxiliary guns, also open gun type, four at the end and four at the end, and 16 75mm sampan guns, which can be described as sufficient firepower.

The most important thing is that the design of the ironclad gun emplacement completely subverts the previous sail battleship, and this open-air battery has a rotatable turret base, which can shoot without dead angles while sailing.

Thinking of the data of the Monarch ironclad ship, Liu Chen's face flushed with excitement, but the Monarch was the giant of the ironclad ships after all.

At present, the Imperial Navy is mainly composed of ironclad cruisers with a displacement of about 3,000 tons and 1,500 tons, although these warships cannot compete with the Sovereign in terms of firepower, but they are enough to hang the sail warships of Europe.

However, these warships are powerful and expensive at the same time, and it is said that the construction of the ironclad ship of the Sovereign cost two million gold dragons, and these warships combined with more than 30 million gold dragons, which is a huge cost.

At the wharf of Relansha City, Liu Xinhong and Fang Hongming looked at the group of warships slowly sailing into the harbor with demented expressions.

Although the name of the ironclad had already spread to every corner of the empire, they were still shocked to see such a large group of ironclad ships in person.

Especially the ironclad ship with the three words "King" painted on the hull of the lead ship, you only need to look at this steel monster to imagine how powerful he is.

"Old Fang, these ironclad ships are too good, I want to be a navy." Liu Xinhong's saliva was about to flow down.

Fang Hongming nodded indifferently, the appearance of the Changping machine gun made him feel that there was no more powerful weapon in the world, and now he had seen a miracle again.

The two waited at the dock for a while, and when the battleship docked steadily, Yue Yun and Liu Chen and other admirals walked down from the battleship.

"General Yue Yun." Liu Xinhong and Fang Hongming gave a military salute at the same time, and they received the sailing plan of the fleet before the battleship arrived.

As before, as an important supply depot on the way south, the city of Geranza was almost the place where warships had to dock on the way south.

After a military salute, Yue Yun said; "It's going to be hard work again, this time the coal is not needed, fresh water, vegetables, and fruits are the same as before."

"No problem, General." Liu Xinhong said that he immediately called soldiers to the warehouse to carry the supplies.

Yue Yun nodded with satisfaction, and then he looked at the devastated battlefield traces with interest and said, "It seems that the battle that day was not easy. ”

Fang Hongming said: "Indeed, the Dutch had premeditated, and although the conquest rifles they were equipped with were not as easy to load as the Han-style rifles, they were not very different in power, and the threat to the soldiers was still great. ”

"Indeed, the airtightness of the breech gun still has an advantage, Liu Chen, this attack on Manila and Yagda cannot be taken lightly." Yue Yun reminded.

Fang Hongming was deeply touched, he said: "The soldiers used to fight with the barbarians, the merchant council, and the Japanese kingdom, and they didn't think enough about the threats they faced when they were fighting, so the casualties were not small at the beginning, and they only got used to it later, and they didn't dare to charge recklessly. ”

Liu Chen's expression became serious, while the empire has developed in recent years, the European countries have not been idle, and unlike the barbarians, these Western countries attach no more importance to science than the empire, and they accept new things quickly.

According to the information they received from the Prussians, after Europe mastered the secret of the conical bullet, the old buckshot was being phased out in large numbers, and the new type of bullet was gradually used.

"Don't worry, I have learned the level of the British when I was in Xinjiapo, they are indeed not at the same level as the soldiers of the Wa Kingdom and Goryeo, I will be cautious."

Yue Yun showed a satisfied look, and he said; "That's good, when this Nanyang affair is over, we will go and clean up the Wa Kingdom."

"Cleaning up the Wa Kingdom?" Liu Xinhong asked strangely, "Didn't the Wa State already sign the instrument of surrender?" ”

"As the emperor said, the surrender document is just a piece of paper, the most important thing is the degree of implementation, the current chaos in the Japanese country makes the emperor very unhappy, and he has been trying to capture the old people for this time, to see what they can do."

Speaking of this, Yue Yun suddenly stopped the topic, and he said; "Don't mention this, rest here tonight, and sail tomorrow."