"The old sun is scorching, and it's the middle of summer. The Yangtze River is rolling eastward, looking at it under the sun, like a jade belt, but it is not as pure and flawless as before, with the vigorous development of the Yangtze River industrial belt, the current river water has been integrated into the breath and taste of the industrial age, in this era of no, the concept of environmental protection, the river is the best sewage canal for the factory, although the center has also noticed this. However, the problem is limited to the relationship between technology and funding, and the current one, the "EPA" is still stuck in the president's work diary, and has not yet been put on the agenda.

This is Xiaguan Wharf, one of the most important passenger and cargo terminals in Nanjing, and it is also an important coal filling station, which can be seen here by both merchant ships and warships.

Now, a gray warship is blowing its whistle and sailing down the river downstream, apparently intending to drop cobalt at the Shimonoseki pier.

This warship was hoisted with a five-color flag and a red "iron-blooded republican flag", which was a ship of the Chinese Navy from a distance, and it was only when it approached the pier that the nameplate on the ship could be seen clearly. It was the cruiser "Feihong".

The "Fei Hong" cruiser was built by the New York shipyard in the United States, this warship is also one of the new warships ordered by the Qing court from foreign countries when rebuilding the navy after the collapse of the Beiyang Naval Division, before the fall of the dynasty, the Qing court only paid a small deposit to the shipyard, after the establishment of the republic, due to the extreme financial difficulties of the central government of the Beiyang, there was a plan to cancel the order, and later the United Front came to power, and also planned to cancel the payment of the follow-up construction fee of the "Fei Hong" cruiser, but because the Admiralty strived, Coupled with the best-selling of the chemically synthesized anti-inflammatory drug sulfonated throat and its derivatives, the financial situation of the central government of the Republic of China has improved, so the central government has decided to continue to pay for the subsequent construction of ships, and urged the shipyard to speed up the construction progress so that it can return to service as soon as possible.

As fortunate as the "Feihong" were the cruisers "Zhaohe" and "Yingrui", and the central government of the United Front also made up the follow-up construction of these two cruisers, thus enabling the British Armstrong shipyard to complete the construction of them, and because of the timely and rapid arrival of funds, the "Zhaohe" and "Yingrui" were also completed, but due to the impact of the "Northeast Asian crisis" a few days ago, the British government delayed the delivery date of these two cruisers, so the two ships were delayed for a long time, and only the United States built them." The "Phenom" returned to serve before the end of the "Northeast Asian crisis".

Compared to the lucky cruisers. The destroyer "Dragon Turbulence" ordered by the Qing court from Austria-Hungary was cancelled by the United Front government, the gunboat "Whale Wave" ordered from Italy was canceled by the United Front, and the gunboats "Yongfeng" and "Yongxiang" ordered from Japan were also canceled by the United Front government for a very simple reason. This is because these low-tech warship united front looks down on them, and because it wants to support the domestic shipbuilding industry, it is natural that this limited shipbuilding fund should be invested in domestic shipyards, and there is no need to cheapen foreign countries, especially Japan.

China's shipbuilding industry is difficult to recover in a short period of time after the decline of the late Qing Dynasty, whether it is Fuzhou, Shanghai or Wuhan, the shipyards have not been able to provide the Chinese naval forces with a single qualified modern warship, and it is for this reason that the center did purchase several brand new surface ships and submarines for the navy. But for the Admiralty, this was not enough, and the Navy was still somewhat resentful, and the Commander-in-Chief and Deputy Commander repeatedly complained that the 6th Army had allocated too much military spending, so that the Navy could not buy the battleships and battlecruisers that they needed most.

As a cruiser, the "Feihong" was barely usable, although it was not comparable to the battleship, and the cruiser had a displacement of 2,100 tons and a coal load of 550 tons. Six boilers, three steam engines, a total power of six thousand horsepower. It can guarantee the highest voyage of 20 knots, the full crew of 230 people, two 150 mm main guns, these two German-made naval guns are also the only artillery on the current warship, because the center believes that it is necessary to unify the logistics supply, therefore, the center firmly advocates the unified installation of the medium-caliber secondary guns manufactured by the Chinese arsenal on the warships, but since the "Feidan" returned to service, this auxiliary gun has not been installed for a long time, because the arsenal's naval gun development work is not very smooth, stumbling, Until recently, twenty qualified 75-mm naval guns were manufactured, and the reason why it was so slow. Simply because this artillery received a more advanced hydraulic-gas retractor instead of the previous one.

This time, the "Feihong" sailed from the Shanghai berth to the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and the "Feihong" went to the Hanyang Arsenal to receive cannons, but this time it stopped at Nanjing, not for coal, but for a special purpose.

Now the commander of the "Feihong" is not the captain, but the commander of the Navy's First Detachment Cheng Biguang, as the supreme commander of the First Fleet, Cheng Biguang decided to personally go to the Hanyang Arsenal and personally preside over the test and acceptance of the 75-millimeter naval gun at the shooting range. And let the First Fleet hold back a breath of anger, if the products of the Hanyang Arsenal are not qualified, then this Commander Cheng Biguang also intends to take advantage of the topic.

Shrugged, in. Scare the factory Zaweh! Before, Cheng Bimi had to complete a mission, and this secretary was given to him by the court, and even the Admiralty was not qualified to interfere, which shows that this task is very important and confidential.

But Cheng Biguang doesn't know what kind of task this is, he only knows that he must lead "Feihong." The cruiser anchored at the Xiaguan dock in Nanjing, waiting for a man to board the ship, and this person was the central figure of the mission, and his name was 6 Jianzhang.

Cheng Biguang and 6 Jianzhang have been in contact with Tianjin and Shanghai, and the two can't talk about it, but it is definitely not the opposite, this time 6 Jianzhang took over the "No. 1 Project" of the Ministry of the Interior, and it seems that it is not very compatible with the military task, so Cheng Biguang is a little strange, I don't know what the idea of the commander's hall is, when the warship docked, he stood on the side of the ship and pondered this problem.

In addition to pondering the task of 6 Jianzhang, Cheng Biguang is also pondering the order of the commander-in-chief to prepare the First Fleet for war, he does not know very well what the center intends to do with the First Fleet, but he can feel the tense atmosphere in the country now, since the "arrest of the National League" in Jiangsu, the various interest conflicts that were originally hidden after the economic exhibition seem to have a superficial tendency, perhaps the center is to let the naval fleet enter a state of combat readiness for this reason.

After the warship throws cobalt and stops. Cheng Biguang's thoughts were pulled back, so he no longer pondered the matter of 6 Jianzhang, but went to the cabin to inspect and supervise the work of the sailors, the "Feihong" is a new ship, Cheng Biguang has some plans to use it as his new flagship, and his first fleet is currently positioned by the Admiralty as the "Shore Defense River Fleet." "So those big warships from before were transferred to the Second Fleet. Resident in the north, the largest warship of his First Fleet is the "Feihong", which he left behind under the threat of resignation and retirement from the Admiralty, otherwise, his First Fleet would probably only have gunboats and torpedo boats available.

But in "Fly away." Before the ship is officially loaded with all the secondary guns, Cheng Biguang must wait patiently, otherwise, the dignified fleet commander will use a warship with only two naval guns as the flagship, which will be too cheap.

After inspecting the machine room, Cheng Biguang returned to the deck with the adjutant, instructed the gunners in their routine exercises, and then returned to the captain's room to formulate a scraping plan with the captain for the afternoon.

After the plan network was formulated, the adjutant came to report that 6 Jianzhang had come by traffic boat and asked to board the ship.

"Permission to board the ship."

Cheng Biguang nodded, and when the lieutenant left the captain's room, he adjusted his military uniform a little and walked out of the captain's room.

6 Jianzhang came by himself. Seeing Cheng Biguang, the two exchanged polite greetings, and then, 6 Jianzhang took out a proposed telegram password and handed it to Cheng Biguang.

"Commander Cheng, the center asked me to wait for you in Nanjing, now that you have come, this telegram can be taken, and the recipient is the presidential palace attendant's room, and this is a call sign."

Cheng Biguang did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly led 6 Jianzhang to the warship telegraph room, and ordered the telegram officer to take a telegram according to the code, but he did not know what the content of the telegram was, because this telegram was a special code, and it was neither the 6th Army telegram code nor the naval telegram

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After two years of construction, the 6 Navy Joint Staff has established a series of wireless telegraph stations in the coastal areas, which can not only serve military communications, but also provide telegraph relay services for merchant ships by relay means.

6 Jianzhang asked Cheng Biguang to prepare a cabin for him, locked himself in it alone, took the codebook to translate the code, and only came out sweaty after more than ten minutes, but the telegram had been reduced to ashes.

"Commander Cheng, please prepare, I'll bring a few in the evening. Guests come over and invite them to dinner, but you go down to this guest post, invite guests to dinner in your name, and as for the guest list, I will personally send it over later. ”

6 Jianzhang didn't say why, but simply made a request to Cheng Biguang, but it looked more like an order.

Cheng Biguang didn't ask why. Because before leaving Shanghai, the telegram sent by the commander-in-chief clearly reminded him that during his stay in Nanjing, 6 Jianzhang "dominated everything." In other words, to put it bluntly, now 6 Jianzhang is his superior Cheng Biguang for the time being, as a subordinate, Cheng Biguang must obey 6 Jianzhang's orders, and the reason why 6 Jianzhang made these demands is only because of the order on the telegram from the presidential palace just now.

"I see."

Cheng Biguang nodded and didn't say anything, but his face was indeed a little unpleasant, but thinking of the other party's "6 Hades" and "6 Tu" ratings, he was quickly relieved, such a murderous character, dare to give orders so aggressively, this battle is probably the support of the commander's hall.

6 Jianzhang ignored the other party's face, he hurriedly said goodbye and left, followed an adjutant back to the traffic boat, and then hurried back to Nanjing City.

Cheng Biguang stood on the side of the ship. Seeing 6 Jianzhang go ashore, he was a little confused.

"6 Tu invited guests to dinner in my name, what is the center going to do?" Not to be continued, if you want to know what will happen next. Please log in to 6, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!