Six months ago, Li Ningyu invited the ambassadors of the two countries in China to watch an experiment. After using a bullet made by Li Ningyu's North Korean arsenal, one shot penetrated a 1 cm thick steel plate 300 meters away. The ministers of the two countries immediately sent telegrams.
After returning to China, the telegrams sent back from the UK and Germany were, "No matter the cost, you must have it!".
Of course, the rare earths exported are all products that have been blended by Li Ningyu, and the true rare earth content is less than 10%. Li Ningyu just wants to use rare earths to stabilize foreign powers in the early stage of development, and at the same time obtain a large amount of funds to use
Come to purchase and replace industrial machinery, equipment and weapons.
Now, Li Ningyu's mine produces about 50 tons of high-quality rare earths every year, and its storage capacity is as high as 300 tons. Then the two envoys left North Korea, and at this time the two envoys looked at the list of two heavy-lift ships in their hands.
A battleship, 4 armored heavy cruisers and 6 3,000-ton light cruisers, and a list of 25 German Lupp cannons. What was this young and outrageous orientalist going to do?
Because these purchases can completely build Asia's first navy, a 100,000-ton fleet! After the two looked at each other, they couldn't help but shook their heads. They really couldn't understand, but now the need for fine soil in various countries is too strong.
Well, let’s send the list to the country first and leave it to those guys who are full and full to think about it.
Two British-made old man star battleships, standard displacement 8,600 tons, full load displacement 12,000 tons, dimensions: 148m long, 23m wide, 8m draft, power plant: 18 boilers, originally designed to have 12, Li Ningyu just added 6
, the power has increased by 50% compared with the original. It is estimated that British shipbuilding experts will think that they are building cruisers, not large-scale firepower battleships, because at this time they have not realized the necessity of battleships' ocean-going maneuvers.
4-axis, 4-propeller propulsion device, twin rudders, maximum speed of 19 knots, cruising range of 4,500 nautical miles at 13 knots, main gun: 8, 305mm/40 times caliber gun, four twin rotating turrets, secondary gun: 16 150mm (5.9
inch)/45 caliber gun adopts a fully protected turret, anti-torpedo boat guns: 8, 4 under the turrets on each side, crew: 923 people.
Four 5,000-ton heavy cruisers, main armament: 4 250mm (11.1 inches)/40 caliber guns, three twin rotating turrets, secondary armament: 10 150mm/40 caliber guns, fully protected turrets, propulsion device
It also has four propellers, 12 boilers, and a maximum speed of 19 knots.
The German Lupp cannon has a caliber of 280 mm and a barrel length of 11.2 meters. It weighs 44 tons and has an elevation angle of up to 30 degrees. The effective range is 19,760 meters. The shells can penetrate 70 cm of steel plates within 3,000 meters and can fire 1-2 shells per minute.
"Master! Do you think all countries will deliver their warships and cannons on time?" Uncle Fu, who was standing beside him, asked Li Ningyu after seeing the two ministers leaving.
Li Ningyu replied to Uncle Fu's words while drinking tea: "It should be possible, unless they don't want rare earths anymore, or I can sell rare earths to the Americans or the French, because these two countries also need them, haha!
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"Yes! The young master is amazing!" Li Ningyu's words made Uncle Fu smile and nod.
Many years later, Li Ningyu's former residence in Seoul, North Korea welcomed a group of young visitors. Staff member Liu Na explained while walking: "This is the earliest birthplace of the First Navy of our Chinese Empire, because here
There was once the largest arms deal in the world at that time, estimated to be worth 15 million taels of silver at the time! Because of this deal, the first navy of the Chinese Empire was created, and countless instructions were issued that night here. All of this made the entire Chinese nation tremble.
It accelerated the early end of the corrupt and pedantic Manchu Qing Dynasty."
1885 is destined to be an extraordinary year. Japanese thinker Fukuzawa Yukichi was the first to put forward the idea of Japan detaching from Asia and joining Europe. The 12th World Expo was held, and Hiram Maxim invented
Machine guns were invented, the Sino-French War Armistice Agreement was signed, the 100th anniversary of the independence of the United States, the Qing government issued an edict to establish a province in Taiwan, the Pacific Railway was built, and Ito Hirobumi became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
"Master, Master!", the voice of Tie Bing on the deck suddenly interrupted Li Ningyu's meditation, but Li Ningyu was not angry, but came back to his senses and smiled at Tie Bing: "Sorry, I was thinking about something.
, distracted."
When he saw Li Ningyu, he didn't blame himself, but apologized to himself. Tie Bing thought that he was lucky to follow such a master, but he said: "Master, in front of you is Weihaiwei, where the Beiyang Navy is stationed.
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"Oh, look!" Li Ningyu Yaoyao looked in the direction pointed by Tie Bing, and then the vicissitudes of military port appeared. However, in his impression, Li Ningyu could only associate them with the Opium War. The British and French Allied Forces
They disembarked from nearby, then fought all the way to Beijing City, and then burned the Old Summer Palace. This was also the port of the Beiyang Navy. After the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War, the remaining warships of the Beiyang Navy were parked here.
Then Yangtze River No. 7 docked, and then the group first came to the Beiyang Navy to find the Admiral Ding Ruchang, and then started to visit the military camp according to the military rules. As everyone walked and chatted, they soon came to a training ground, surrounded by
There are more than a dozen dilapidated barracks, and there are a few old men lying lazily under a tree next to the playground. They look like they are enjoying the summer heat. Seeing them enjoying themselves, I would never change them even for an emperor.
In an earthen house not far away, a boy of about sixteen or seventeen years old was leaning against the door. When he saw a dozen people coming in outside the door, he quickly woke up his father who was sleeping on the earthen bed and said:
: "Dad, dad, there's someone coming from outside, it seems he's an official."
"Nonsense, why should a government official come to our place at this time? Son of a bitch, are you blind? If you keep yelling, I'll beat you up!" The child's father seemed to think that when the Chinese New Year was about to come, how could a government official come to see us?
A big-headed soldier.
"It's true, Dad, the leader seems to be older than Lord Ding!" The young man named Gouzi seemed to say with certainty.
"Oh?" At this time, my father climbed up from the bed, looked over through the window, and then slapped his thigh and said: "Oh, my God, what a dog, hurry up and call all the brothers.
Get up, hurry up and assemble on the playground, hurry up!", and immediately, there was a lot of excitement in Weihaiwei's barracks.
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