The Admiralty Department took out the candidate within a few days, and Colonel Antonio from the Navy Training Office became the candidate selected by General Golek.

Not to mention, Colonel Antonio is still very experienced. He was born into a navigator with Genoa. He joined the Navy of the Kingdom of Sardinia at the age of 18. Later, he served as the first mate of the USS Cruise in the Battle of Salee, and performed well. He was later transferred to the reserve fleet and conducted eight years of recruit training. When General Golek was the Minister of the Navy, he was transferred to the Training Office to become the deputy director in charge of training.

It can be said that he has enough training for recruits. It is also one of the reasons why General Golek chose him. Of course, this alone is not enough to make him stand out. Colonel Antonio has another advantage, that is, he is not tough and smooth, but he can listen to other people's opinions.

Although this personality made him unable to become a role like the commander of the squadron, it was just right for the consultant. That's why General Golek chose him and presented him to Carlo.

"Your Excellency, you have done your best."

After reading Colonel Antonio's resume, Carlo looked up and praised the Navy Minister. Because Carlo learned that Lang Weili, the general counselor of the Beiyang Fleet, was a stubborn person. Although he was extremely responsible for his work, the Beiyang Navy officers and soldiers dared to suffer in his training. However, given Li Zhongtang's appreciation for him, the Beiyang Navy officers and soldiers could only dare not speak out.

Therefore, when Italy dispatched consultants, they must distinguish them from Langweili, and consider the attitude of the United Kingdom, so they cannot be higher than Langweili, the general consultant (Langweili also has the rank of colonel).

"It's all for the benefit of the kingdom, and it's not hard to say."

It is obvious that General Golek, as the Minister of the Navy, also knew this well, so he chose Antonio. After all, Italy's interests in the Far East are growing rapidly, and someone needs to maintain such growth.

In addition to choosing to serve as the Beiyang advisor, Carlo also has one more thing to discuss with General Golek. "Your Excellency, Lefel and others have made great contributions in this naval battle, and how the Admiral Department plans to treat these heroes."

Of course, there is a reason for Carlo to ask so much. It's very simple. Carlo wants to support people he can trust in the Navy so that he can control the Navy himself.

The two young heroes who were attracted by him were Lefel and Gomez. As for why they didn’t choose others, there were a large number of school-level and even generals in the Navy who wanted to become Carlo’s spokespersons in the Navy because Carlo was unwilling to make a choice at will. In addition, he was still young and had time to slowly control the Navy.

General Golek was not aware of Carlo's thoughts. He thought Carlo was eager to reward the meritorious ministers to show that he won a great victory in this confrontation with the Prime Minister. However, even if he knew it, it would not affect him. When these two good seedlings could affect the Navy, he would either be buried or retired.

"Your Majesty, our Admiralty means that we will advance the officers and soldiers who fought in the Far East this time and write down their merits in their resume. We originally planned to promote them when they came back, but since His Majesty has asked about it, let him promote them in the Far East."

Carlo was very satisfied with General Golek's words because the reward given by the Admiral was good, and the General took care of his emotions and made this time advance half a year.

(Leifel, Gomez and others still cannot return to China because they need to spend more than half a year to teach the Beiyang Navy officers and soldiers to operate these two ships. This is a request made by Li Zhongtang to Italy, and he also purchased a textile machine of 2 million lira. To say more, the Beiyang pipe strips of Zhiyuan and Jingyuan were Deng Shichang and Ye Zugui. As for why Liu Buchan, who had always been with the ship, did not serve as the pipe strips, because Li Zhongtang still wanted to serve as the pipe strips of the calming ships. This also proves that in Li Zhongtang's eyes, the ironclad ship is its core force, although the Zhijing two ships are much more expensive than it.)

After Carlo got the satisfactory result, he did not immediately let go of the Navy Minister in front of him, but continued to ask the next question.

"I heard that the Navy has prepared to build two new patrols based on the performance of the Venetian-class war in the Far East?"

"Yes, your majesty, the Navy is preparing to build two new mount patrols."

In the face of Carlo's inquiry, Admiral Golek answered without any concealment.

These two ships have made some modifications to the Venetian class. There is no difference in length. It is mainly based on the complaints that there are too few secondary main guns in naval battles. The new ships are equipped with 10 152mm second-level main guns, and these main guns also adopt a central axis layout like the 254mm main gun, and also adopt a two-unit design.

Six of them are placed in a two-unit mode between the bridge and the three-unit chimney. The other four are raised in two-unit and placed behind the 254mm main gun. This looks like a lot of turrets and sacred objects.

In addition, the armor has also been optimized and slightly strengthened, from 80mm-152mm to 90mm-152mm, allowing the Venetian class to deal with various situations better.

Of course, after this improvement, its displacement also increased a lot. Its standard tonnage increased from 6850 tons to 7580 tons, and its full-load displacement increased from 7460 tons to 8120 tons. In order to keep the new Venetian class high-speed, its power has also been optimized. Its maximum horsepower increased from 13,000 to 15,000, and its maximum speed has also been slightly improved, from 18.6 knots to 18.7 knots.

It can be said that this is the most combative armor patrol in the world at present.

Of course, it is unknown how long this can last, because the British Admiralty has ordered the shipyards to come up with a plan to install a ten-ton patrol in 2 months in 1885. It is said that the British Admiralty plans to build five ships at one time this time, which is really wealthy.

At least Venice still maintains its advantages in the world. Of course, excellent warships have a cost that matches its construction, and all the funds obtained by the Navy from the Qing Dynasty were invested in these two ships.

To be honest, the most expensive warship now is the same tonnage. It almost costs 1.5 times the cost of an ironclad ship of the same level. Not to mention anything else, the cost of that power is not expensive.

But for General Golek, he now wants to let every lira be put into the construction of ships because he has urgency.

"According to the news we have received, the French Navy is already designing drawings for armored cruisers. I heard that the French are going to build six mount patrols."

That's right, this is why General Golek is worried.

France wants to build six mount patrols?

Is this true or false?

Carlo said why he didn't get the news?

Faced with Carlo's puzzled expression, Admiral Golek continued. "This is the news we have discovered from insiders of the French Admiralty. The French intend to conceal this news first."

This kind of thing still needs to be concealed?

Carlo felt that the news was unreliable because the new French Navy Minister, Admiral Yasent Ob, had been advocating the role of torpedoes since he came to power, and even claimed that he would build 1,000 torpedo boats. In order to help the torpedo boats overcome the shortcomings of being unable to sail, he also ordered the Admiralty to develop a strange thing like a torpedo boat mothership.

Such a French navy leader who is obsessed with the effect of torpedoes would spend so much money on the suit patrol, but he doesn't look like it no matter how he looks.

But since General Golek said this, Carlo just pretended that the news was true, so he said. "I will make people pay attention to the movements of the French Admiralty. If there is any abnormality, I will notify you in time."
Chapter completed!