"Your invasion of our country has caused great economic losses to our country, so our political axe has decided not to pay reparations to your country, and this part of the money will be used to heal the wounds caused by the war." Lu Zhengxiang said coldly, "For the sake of friendship between the two countries, our political axe has also decided not to ask your political axe for the loss of our peaceful residents." ”

Hearing that Lu Zhengxiang only gave a clear answer to the question of reparations, without mentioning Taiwan and North Korea, Kohata vaguely felt a hint of foreboding in his heart.

"Regarding North Korea and Taiwan, it is not within the scope of our negotiations." Cao Rulin saw Xiao Wan's thoughts and said.

"That said, the talks will come later?" Yue Zhiyi asked with a sneer.

"None of us can see that far from the future, can we?" Cao Rulin smiled and replied.

Seeing Yue Zhiyi standing there with a broken foot and an angry face, probably afraid that he would be tired, Cao Rulin waved his hand, and a servant stepped forward to hold a cup of fragrant tea for Yue Zhiyi and sent it to him.

It was inconvenient for Zhiyi to have a seizure for a while, so he sat down again with anger, took the teacup and reluctantly took a sip.

Kohata couldn't help but sigh in his heart as he watched Zhiyi's movements, and began to think about how to report the progress of the negotiations to the country.

Nagasaki.

With the sound of the whistle, a huge battleship slowly sailed into the harbor under the tugboat tow.

Standing on the shore, a middle-aged man with a slightly chubby figure and a mustache, holding on to the railing with both hands, stood there in the strong sea breeze, looking at the battlecruiser "King Kong" slowly sailing into the dock, and couldn't help but let out a deep sigh.

"I heard that this ship was damaged by our troops, and the hull was seriously damaged." A Chinese in a black suit standing next to him said, "Now it seems that this should not be a lie." ”

"There is news from China that my fishermen drove a small boat full of explosives to blow up this ship at close range," Huang Xing, a chubby middle-aged man with a mustache, a veteran of the Alliance, nodded, "I really can't imagine what kind of scene it will be." ”

Li Liejun, a Chinese in a black suit, the former governor of Jiangxi, said: "If this is the case, then it is reasonable to recover Qingdao." ”

"No, it's two different things." Huang Xing shook his head, "There is no shortage of non-popular sentiment in my China, what is lacking, industrial science and technology." He looked at the majestic shadow of the "King Kong" and sighed, "If one day, I have such a majestic giant ship in China, my life's wish is enough." ”

"Are you really going to leave and never come back? Keqiang? Li Liejun looked at Huang Xing, who looked haggard, with some concern, "You don't think about it anymore?" ”

"What's the benefit of staying here? It's better to leave earlier. Huang Xing said, "Going to the United States to inspect the industry may be able to contribute to national construction in the future, which always seems to be an unrealistic revolutionary gimmick." ”

Hearing Huang Xing say this, Li Liejun knew that the differences between him and Sun Yat-sen were irreconcilable, and he couldn't help but be silent for a while.

"Thanks to this pandemic, he has been spared infamy," Huang Xing sighed when he saw the Yueben policemen patrolling the streets, "If it is really Yuben who helps organize the army to return to China, the consequences are simply unimaginable." ”

Li Liejun also looked up to the sky and sighed, and was about to speak, when he suddenly saw a team of generals walking towards the dock surrounded by guards and some officers, he pulled Huang Xing's arm, Huang Xing noticed Akiyama Mayuki among the generals, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, he didn't speak again, but came to a remote place with Li Liejun, and watched him board the "King Kong".

"The damage is in the middle of the hull, near the bow." An officer said to Mayuki Akiyama, "It was caused by a suicide attack by the Shina people. ”

"Suicide attack?" Akiyama Shinyuki's brow furrowed, and he asked rhetorically.

"Yes, General." The officer replied, "According to the reports of the sailors, the Chinese drove many small boats disguised as fishing boats, filled with explosives, approached our battleship and attacked us with this suicidal attack, but fortunately our frigates found them and opened fire in time, these boats were not moving fast, most of them were hit by our artillery fire and exploded, and the boat that damaged the 'King Kong' rushed to the distance." At a distance of about two meters, the Kongo was hit by our shells and exploded, causing damage to the hull of the ship from the shock wave of the explosion. ”

After listening to the officer's explanation, Akiyama Shinyuki's face became gloomy.

"It's incredible that Chinese know about suicide attacks." Akiyama Mayuki said to himself.

"At that time, the hull of the ship was blown open with a big hole, but fortunately, the damage was properly managed and there was no major trouble." The officer added, "Later, some repairs were made, and the original speed was basically maintained, and on the way back there were two large waves, and the situation was very dangerous, but our sailors withstood the test and finally drove the battleship back safely." ”

Akiyama Shinyuki nodded, and then went down to the cabin with everyone to see the damage.

"The design of our warships is very good, which is an advantage that the people of China do not have." Akiyama Mayuki sighed, "It's a pity that this time, we didn't be able to play to our strengths. ”

"We still have four battleships lost," said one of the officers, a little sadly, "and the despicable Shina have used submarines to sneak up on us!" ”

"What kind of submarine is it?" Mayuki Akiyama asked.

An officer stepped forward and took a few drawings to Akiyama Shinyuki to unfold, and Akiyama Shinyuki looked at them carefully, and he couldn't help but frown even more as he looked at the line drawings of the small submarines depicted on the drawings.

"These submarines can't fire torpedoes, and they're slow......" the officer was saying, but Mayuki Akiyama abruptly interrupted him.

"This is the strength of the Chinese people, they can always think of simple and effective ways to achieve their goals, which is worth learning from." Akiyama said.

"Do you mean to say that we should also have such submarines?" An officer asked.

"Yes." Akiyama Shinyuki nodded, "And we should do better than the Shina people." ”

At this time, Akiyama did not know that the brief conversation he was now having with his subordinates would go down in history and have an important and profound impact on the future development of the Akiyama Navy.

Many years later, people recall the many ruthless suicide weapons used by him, such as the "Sakura" plane and the "Huitian" torpedo, in World War II, and always associate them with the conversation in the cabin of the "King Kong" battlecruiser on this day.

At this time, there were also some people in the sea of Caofeidian in Tianjin, who were inspecting the injuries of the abandoned ship.

"Thanks to the mines and the submarine, I wouldn't have known how to deal with such a behemoth."

On the bridge of the cruiser "Haichen" of the Chinese Navy, Vice Admiral Tang Qianming looked at the wreckage of the battleship that had been blown up and said to Yang Shuoming.

"Mines and submarines are both temporary emergency measures, and if we want to truly defeat the Japanese Navy, our Chinese Navy must also have such warships." Yang Shuoming said.

Hearing Yang Shuoming say this, Tang Qianming and Xu Zhenpeng were stunned.

"I've had such a dream for a day or two." Xu Zhenpeng sighed, "I just don't know if I can see it in my life, our Chinese Navy has bigger ships than the 'Dingyuan' and 'Zhenyuan' in the past." ”

"There will definitely be." Yang Shuoming smiled slightly, and pointed to the huge wreckage of the battleship on the sea, "At least now, the steel used to build the ship is there." ”

Listening to Yang Shuoming's words, Tang Qianming and Xu Zhenpeng couldn't help laughing.

"Yes! I don't believe it, these four boats can't deal with one. Tang Qianming said.

"I heard that you Yang Han is so talented that you can even design warships, do you already have a score in your heart?" Xu Zhenpeng looked at Yang Shuoming and asked jokingly.

"Of course." Yang Shuoming nodded, and a line map of a large warship flashed in his eyes.

Yang Shuoming took a pencil and a blank piece of paper from the adjutant's hand, and drew quickly on the railing of the bridge.

Tang Qianming and Xu Zhenpeng saw Yang Shuoming's hand flashing rapidly, accompanied by a soft rustling sound, and the side view and top view of a warship soon appeared on the white paper.

After the drawing was completed, Yang Shuoming also marked the specific data of the battleship at the bottom of the line map.

“…… Ship type: 'Huanghe' class battleship, standard displacement: 21,705 tons, full load displacement: 24,650 tons, dimensions: length 178.4 meters, width 28.3 meters, draft 8.9 meters, power: steam turbine, main engine power: 37,000 hp, maximum speed: 24 knots, endurance: 7,000 nautical miles/12 knots; Armament: 3 twin 350 mm/45 x diameter main guns (two in the front and one backpack in the rear), 4 twin 280 mm/50 x diameter naval rapid-fire guns, 12 152 mm light single auxiliary guns. Armor protection: main armor belt 350 mm, deck armor 140 mm, turret armor (frontal) 420 mm, turret armor 330 mm, conning tower armor 380 mm; Crew: 967 ......"

After Yang Shuoming finished the sketch and the labeling data, he handed it to Tang Xu and the others.

"This ...... Did you come up with it yourself? Xu Zhenpeng looked at this very professional sketch drawn by Yang Shuoming, and couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise.

"If you Brother Xu don't believe it, you can show this map and data to the ship designer," Yang Shuoming smiled confidently, "Ask them and you'll know if it's okay." ”

"Looking at this data, the ship of the Japanese is definitely not an opponent." Tang Qianming exclaimed, "I just don't know if it can become a reality." ”

(To be continued)