In anticipation, two large heavy cruisers appeared at the dock and slowly docked. Soon, a team of high-nosed and deep-eyed Western Caucasians walked down the deck.

Both cruisers are the latest models sold by Spain to foreign countries. The displacement is 8,200 tons, the full load displacement is 9,600 tons, and the fastest speed is 33 knots. Although the two sister ships have slightly different appearances, their internal structures are similar.

Seeing this, Jiang Baili walked over with a smile on his face.

"Mr. Hawkins, welcome to China." Jiang Baili said with a smile. Jiang Baili has been studying in the West for many years, and although he majored in German, he also knows some Spanish. But he now represents China, and naturally he doesn't speak half-baked Spanish. The translator beside him translated Jiang Baili's words to Hawkins in time.

"Hello, Mr. Jiang." Hawkins smiled and stretched out his hand to shake hands with Jiang Baili. Spain is also a well-known old colonial power in the West, but now it is in decline. Especially after the collapse of Spanish rule in South America, the Spanish royal family has struggled to maintain its extravagant life. This time, the Spanish government took the ship business with the East very seriously. In the current world, the Spanish navy has long been relegated to the second rate, and because Spain did not participate in the world war, the upgrading of the military industry has been left far behind by other Western powers. Faced with the endless flow of new warships from other countries, Spain's shipbuilding industry was on the verge of collapse. At this time, the order from China undoubtedly gave them a glimmer of life, and two heavy cruisers, although not able to save the entire shipbuilding industry in Spain, were enough to keep the shipbuilding industry alive for a long time. Moreover, Spain also took a fancy to China's huge market potential, so it was the internal officials of the Spanish government who came with the ship this time. And Spain's goals are not limited to the navy. Technological regression has caused Spanish goods to be deprived of purchases in the West, and productivity has fallen a lot in the country. The Spanish royal family, accustomed to a life of luxury, was naturally very dissatisfied with this kind of hard life. They urgently need to get out of the current predicament. Although the world war provided Spain with a vast market, but his geographical location was destined to allow Spain not to do business with the belligerents unscrupulously, especially weapons such as warships, heavy artillery, etc., which affected the war situation, no matter which side Spain supplied, it would be hated by the other side, and thus be drawn into the world war, and now Spain is not at peace, they do not want to be involved in it anyway. Therefore, in order to get out of the predicament, the Spanish royal family can only look to the rest of the world.

And China is considered a good choice by them. The situation in the Far East has been studied at the top of the Spanish government. It was discovered that the Japanese fleet was the strongest in the present Far East, and it frequently appeared in Chinese waters to provoke, and although the Chinese navy was strong, its naval power was really not strong, and it was far from being the opponent of the Japanese navy. Moreover, there is also the Pacific Fleet of Tsarist Russia in the Far East. After Tsarist Russia withdrew from World War I, many ships of the Far East Pacific Fleet returned, making the Tsarist Pacific Fleet faintly have the second position in Asia and Asia. At present, China, Japan, and Tsarist Russia have all hoarded a large number of troops in the Far East, and in the eyes of the Spanish government, the Far East is a second Europe, and a world war will break out sooner or later. It was this realization that made the Spanish royal family interested in doing business with the Far East.

The Japanese industry is very complete, the Spanish military products are not looked at at all, Tsarist Russia is a poor ghost, and now the internal revolutionary wave is continuous, and the tsar has worked hard to suppress the revolution, not to mention the vigorous development of the navy. Only China, which has just completed its internal reunification, is at a time when everything is waiting to be rebuilt and a large amount of modern military technology is needed to defend the country. At this time, China was also sent to contact the Spanish government. The parties hit it off, and soon an order was signed for two heavy cruisers. Because Spain had exactly two heavy cruisers that had been launched, which were originally produced by Spain for Turkey. However, after the outbreak of World War I, Spain could no longer afford to pay for the purchase of the ship, and China was willing to pay the original price, so the Spanish high-level discussed and transferred it to China. This is not to say that Spain is not keeping its word, but that Turkey has made it clear that it cannot afford to buy them in the short term, and the Entente has done everything in its power to prevent the two heavy cruisers from falling into the hands of Turkey, which is part of the Central Powers. Spain pushed the two warships to set sail for China. …,

Hawkins and his entourage received a high-standard reception. After completing the Warship Junction Ceremony. At Jiang Baili's invitation, Hawkins happily promised to accompany Jiang Baili to Beijing to meet the famous Young Marshal Feng.

The current Feng Yong has already died because of the unification of China, since ancient times, there are many monarchs of a country with a weak crown, and in China's 2,000 years of feudal rule, there is not even a shortage of infant monarchs. But with his own strength, he unified the whole country and controlled an ancient civilization with a huge entrance, Feng Yong was definitely the first. Moreover, it only took more than two years for Feng Yong to unify the whole country from his appearance. This is nothing short of a miracle for the West.

Therefore, even if the tide of the world war is overwhelming, and countless wise commanders and invincible generals are famous, these are overshadowed by those of Feng Shaoshuai. Although the West generally looks down on the East and considers it a place of ignorance, this does not mean that the West also rejects China's heroes. If it weren't for the war years, I'm afraid that many people who were influenced by the heroic spirit would have come to China to visit.

In the waters of the Bohai Sea, a large fleet has always appeared. The fluttering plaster flag is fangs and claws. One by one, the Japanese Navy struggled to stand up with chest pain, but they always found it difficult for them to reach a straight state.

There are many merchant ships on the sea, and for the discerning merchants, war is not destruction, but a huge market. Moreover, Niu Cha's business income can not only make a windfall in the war, but as long as you stand in line, you can get a lot of privileges even after the war. During the Chinese Civil War, the vast majority of speculators saw Beijing's power and consciously increased their business contacts with Beijing. This makes the coastal areas of northern China present a rare prosperous scene. Although the Japanese navy was arrogant and domineering, it still did not dare to make a mistake with foreign flag merchant ships, and as China became stronger and stronger, the number of ships flying Chinese flags gradually increased. Many times, the Japanese fleet also ignored Chinese merchant ships. But today, the Japanese fleet has shown bad intentions.

Boom!

With a loud bang, a merchant ship flying the Chinese flag was directly rammed and sunk by a Japanese battleship. With the heavy armor of a battleship, an ordinary thousand-ton merchant ship would naturally be destroyed at the slightest touch.

Looking at the Chinese merchant ship that had broken through the deck and was slowly sinking, the Japanese sailors laughed loudly. But there was no intention of rescue. Or a passing American merchant ship next to it couldn't stand it, and sent a small boat to rescue the person who fell into the water. The Japanese Navy was still very scruple about American merchant ships, even though they knew that the US-flagged merchant ship was actually contracted by Chinese merchants.

After rescuing the drowning man, the captain of the shipwrecked merchant ship looked at the Japanese merchant ship with hatred on his face. And asked the American shipowners to hope that they could use the radio of the American merchant ship.

The American shipowner, Jason, hesitated, but finally agreed. During this period, the United States was seriously affected by the western cowboy atmosphere, and there was a lot of heroism, and he was most unaccustomed to the kind of bullying behavior, and he witnessed the whole process with his own eyes, so he naturally sympathized with poor Chinese businessmen.

Port of Yaojin.

Navy Commander Zhang Chaoqun, who was accompanying Jiang Baili to receive the Spanish delegation, received the telegram, and his face instantly turned ugly. This is already the fourth in this period. The difference is that the previous three times were on the high seas, but this time it happened in the Bohai Sea.

"What's going on?" Jiang Baili asked with his eyes.

Zhang Chaoqun leaned over and whispered the details of the incident.

Jiang Baili's face became equally ugly. said with a calm face: "You will deal with this matter, and I will take care of it if something happens." ”

"Yes!" Zhang Chaoqun was in high spirits and left quickly. Hawkins and his entourage were curious about China's move, but they were guests, and seeing Jiang Baili's face gradually return to normal, they naturally avoided this topic. But they will definitely inquire in detail afterwards. …,

The Chinese Navy, which had just taken over two heavily armed cruisers, had not yet recovered from the excitement and received an order to go to sea. After the initial panic, the newly appointed naval captain quickly figured out the entire construction of the cruiser. Then, under the shocked look of the crew at the dock, the First Fleet of the Chinese Navy, led by two new heavy cruisers, all set sail and sailed into the depths of the sea.

Journalists along the coast were shocked. You know, according to the original process, after the Chinese Navy receives the warship, they can take some photos up close. Bi Jing is not a warship of China's own production, but there are not many secrets leaked about its appearance. But now the strange behavior of the Chinese Navy has confused everyone. The nerves of reporters are the most sensitive, and as the saying goes, if things are abnormal, they must be demons. All the reporters immediately launched their own news network. Soon, the news was poked out. The Japanese Navy rammed and sank a Chinese-flagged merchant ship in Bohai Bay. In this case, the purpose of the Chinese Navy is self-evident.

These reporters immediately contacted the merchant ship and wanted to rush to the conflict zone as quickly as possible. I have to say that journalists in this era are really brave, and they can even spare their lives for the sake of journalism. Of course, these reporters are also sophisticated, going to the warring waters, and of course, it is safest to hire American merchant ships. If the two sides go to war, they will immediately return home. The Bijing War is not something they can mix into.

To be continued