Chapter 1,640 Grandpa

After understanding this, Su You boarded the Beiyang Fleet Meishan-type battleship Yingtian, which had been waiting at Haizhou Port, and headed for the Jiaozhou Bay Naval Base.

The Beiyang Fleet was established under the kind care of the late Emperor Zhao Xu and all funds were allocated from the internal treasury after Shaobao Su You led the navy to achieve a great victory in the South China Sea.

Most of the captains of the Beiyang Fleet were transferred from the South China Sea Fleet, which was also the special purpose of Zhao Xu.

Therefore, the Beiyang Fleet is the illegitimate son of Zhao Xu.

The flagship is Songshan, which is a heroic battleship that followed Zhao Zongyou in completing the great voyage to Dongshengzhou. There are two Kuizhou-type cruisers under it, named Jingyuan and Zhenyuan respectively, and five Meishan-type cruisers are named Qizhou.

No., Qingzhou No., Xuzhou No., Yunzhou No., Yingtian No. and Puzhou No.

Now Songshan, Jingyuan, and Zhenyuan have all completed the modification of steam engines, and the remaining Meishan type has been installed with the latest four-cylinder linkage diesel engine, with a full power of 600 horsepower.

This kind of diesel engine is a gas guzzler, allowing the Yingtian with its sails down to reach a cruising speed of ten knots and a top speed of fourteen knots.

As the emperor's "private fleet", the Beiyang Fleet received such good treatment, which made people feel that the royal family was nakedly partial.

Of course, sailing is still the main thing in normal times. The sea distance from Haizhou to Jiaozhou is ninety nautical miles. Now is the season of smooth wind and water. The speed of sailing schooners is not weaker than today's diesel engines.

On the Yingtian, Su You also directed the captain to conduct an experiment. He tied up the naval gun and the attachments of the sailboat. Let's try starting the diesel engine under full sail. What is the effect?

As a result, Yingtian ran at a high speed of 21!

This is already close to the record of the fastest sailing ship Feiyu, but Feiyu is a small yacht and the Meishan type is a thirty-meter-long battleship. This is not a concept at all!

The soldiers held on to the side of the ship to stabilize their bodies and couldn't help but feel excited as they watched their ship cutting through the waves.

It’s really exciting to follow the messenger on the boat!

In fact, such subjects have no practical value. For today's seagoing ships, speed is more of a requirement for merchant ships.

The fleet is not a lone ranger. The mission of the Yingtian is to protect the three large ships on the periphery and drive away enemy ships that pose a threat to the large ships. It is impossible to leave them open and run away casually.

In addition, such high speed caused the ship to roll very seriously, which exceeded the up and down pitch angle of the cannon. In other words, at such a speed, it was impossible to fire the gun at all.

For today's schooner warships, the greatest value of diesel engines and steam engines is that they can still maintain the ultimate speed of fourteen knots with the sails rested, and at the same time, they can keep the ship in a balanced state and can launch cannons while traveling at high speed.

war.

This is the point of view put forward by Su Yi, a tactical science instructor at the Royal Naval College. The sails are chased and cruised by the enemy, and the sails are stopped to start combat. During the mobile cooperation, dynamic annihilation of the enemy is carried out!

Su You was stunned when he saw the tactical outline written by Bian Guan. Isn't this the kite-flying tactic used by the Mongols to conquer the world decades later? Now it has just been moved to the sea by Bian Guan.

Before the enemies of the Song Dynasty had the same warships, there were only two words to describe the fierceness of this set of tactics - no solution.

Because of its royal bloodline, the behavior of the Beiyang Fleet is somewhat different from that of the Nanyang and Eastern Fleets.

Pay attention to appearance, honor, good face, and highlight your superiority. In a word - I like to be full of style.

The governor of the Beiyang Fleet is Zhang San. Zhang San could not bring these things, but they came from another person Su You could not even imagine - the military supervisor Zhao Zhongqian!

That's right, it's Zhao Zhongqian, the playboy Zhao Zhongqian who was once punished for being naughty and mischievous by Su Xiaomei for a long time. After graduation, he managed Jingzhong and Fuxiang into a prosperous business, and even went to Nanhai to invest in mining with his brother.

move!

The last time Su You and Zhao Zhongqian dealt with each other was before Yuanfeng's restructuring.

After Su Youping Xia, he got a batch of Hotan jade materials for Zhao Xu. The elder brother used new equipment to make perfect ritual utensils. Zhao Xu was so pleased that he rewarded the leftover scraps to the elder brother.

At that time, the Song Dynasty was in urgent need of high-quality jade materials, so Zhao Zhongqian came up with the idea of ​​Lao Zuxiong's scraps and asked Su You to go and get them together.

Su You also gave Zhao Zhongqian advice on how to make money from such strange-shaped jade materials.

After the old prince died, he heard that the boy gave He Fuxiang to his elder brother, and then took a boat to go to the South China Sea to explore.

Because he originally had many business relationships in Nanhai and his actor-level personality, Zhao Zhongqian quickly opened up a business in Nanhai.

This attracted Zhang Kai's attention again.

So Zhang Kai brought the dynamic society created by Cao Nan in Nanhai to court, and ah no, the Nanhai Jiyi Department was handed over to Zhao Zhongqian.

After Zhao Zhongqian took over the mobile phone company, he vigorously expanded gang business. He no longer limited his activities to intelligence acquisition, but actively participated in the political ecology of the South China Sea, where he collaborated, bribed, and instigated manipulation. Together with Zhang Kai,

They became a pair of black hands that caused blood and tears in the South China Sea.

When Zhang Kai was recalled to the center from the South China Sea, it happened that the Beiyang Fleet needed such talents to supervise the army. Su You recommended Zhao Xiaoyi to the court, and Zhang Kai recommended Zhao Zhongqian to the court.

After Su You carefully read the resumes of the two people, he sighed and let Zhao Zhongqian take the position.

Zhao Xiaoyi was still unconvinced and wrote to Su You asking why.

Su You wrote back and said that Zhao Zhongqian has two advantages that you don't have. First, you can only pretend to be a movie star, but that has a premise, that is, the opponent is playing according to the minimum rules, and there is still a bottom line.

Once your opponent has no bottom line, you have no experience in dealing with that situation.

But Zhao Zhongqian is the big winner who emerged from the chaos in the South China Sea. To be honest, he is more shameless than you.

The second point is that this kid started his career in business and finance. In the subsequent work with Liaoning, the economy will take the dominant position. In this regard, you can't beat him.

However, Zhao Xiaoyi's heart was already wild and he wrote a letter requesting to go to the South China Sea.

Finally, Gao Taotao gave him another appointment to replace Gao Gonghui and go to Songcheng to supervise and balance Zhang Sidao.

Zhao Zhongqian's declared position was that of the Beiyang Fleet Supervisor and Feng Xianguan. What's even more amazing is that this boy turned the fake mission that concealed his identity into a real mission. The military discipline, style, and temperament of the Beiyang Fleet were all revealed.

He went astray.

The ideological weapon is to vigorously promote the Beiyang Fleet as the late emperor's biological son, the "Marine Yulin" and the true "Royal Navy".

Therefore, the officers and men of the Beiyang Fleet all walked with straight waists, solemn demeanor, elegant conversation, and even cleaner clothes than Su You.

His expression was no longer proud, but a kind of arrogance.

Of course, arrogance also has the capital of arrogance. The quality of the Beiyang Fleet is also the best among the military. In the joint military exercise of the three fleets, the Beiyang Fleet was the best among the three fleets in terms of communications, maneuverability, and gunnery. By far

It is much higher than the Eastern and Southern Fleets.

This has a lot to do with the establishment of the Naval War College in Dengzhou. Beiyang is a first-come-first-served institution.

Because of the requirement of cleanliness, Zhao Zhongqian wrote that the navy uniforms must be worn with white shirts underneath, so that they can be easily rinsed with hydrogen peroxide and can be easily inspected to prevent diseases on board. The beard can only be kept on the lip, and the rest must be kept.

scrape.

Therefore, when Su You saw Zhang San, the governor of the Beiyang Navy, who was dressed in a white shirt, blue dress, white gloves, leather boots, and a golden sword on his waist, and a group of heroic, clean and tidy entourage around him, he almost thought that he was wearing

Return to the British Fleet Headquarters before World War I.

Zhang San stepped forward and gave a military salute: "Zhang San, Governor of the Beiyang Navy, leads the generals of the shogunate to see you as Commander-in-Chief!"

Su You was so envious: "This whole outfit is so neat... I'm jealous just looking at it..."

Zhang San saluted, holding the wide cowhide belt in his hand: "Zhong Qian did it all. He also asked the generals to start on their own and lead by example."

"But it makes sense. The navy's operating procedures and actions all have regulations. If you are not careful, it will cause the loss of the entire ship."

"Starting to practice it in life will indeed be of great benefit to improving the quality of the fleet."

After saying that, he handed Su You over and said, "Congratulations to the young master."

Su You said: "Colander is just lucky. Based on his true level, it stands to reason that he cannot do so well in the exam."

Zhang San said: "It's not the second young master, it's the eldest young master."

Su You waved his hand: "The proposal of the navy's new combat method was the result of the brainstorming of all colleagues in the combat department. I resigned from the imperial court's reward. As a soldier, you must establish meritorious service under artillery fire."

Zhang San was surprised and said: "Young Master still doesn't know?"

Su You was also surprised: "What do you know?"

Zhao Zhongqian smiled on the side and said: "Congratulations to Jie Shuai, you are going to be a grandpa!"

"Huh?" Su You was stunned for a moment, but instead of the happy scene everyone expected, his face was full of disbelief: "I'm going to be a grandfather?"

All the generals congratulated Su You one after another, saying that it was really gratifying that Su You finally became a grandfather after a long time.

Wha...what is so difficult?

Think about it again, isn't it? Yelu Yanxi of the Liao Kingdom had a child at the age of fifteen. In today's era, it is not impossible to become a grandfather in his thirties, and it is not impossible to become a grandfather in his twenties.

Su You didn't listen to a single word of the introduction to the Beiyang Fleet's Liaohe Strategy Deduction. All he could think of was one voice - you are going to be a grandpa, you are going to be a grandpa...

At the end of the meeting, Su You asked Wang Cai to pack the information, saying that he would read it slowly on the road, then hurriedly boarded the Yingtian, raised the sails, started the engine, and hurried to Weihaiwei!

Before the navy of the Song Dynasty was established, the bay of Weihaiwei was still desolate, with only a few small fishing villages.

However, the geographical location and climatic conditions of the bay are so excellent that the Beiyang Navy used it as a summer berth and the Royal Naval Academy was also located here.

The Navy is a cutting-edge force that integrates high technology. Many of the subjects offered by the Naval Academy are top-notch science and engineering.

Mathematics, science and engineering, astronomy, hydrography, surveying, communications, shipbuilding, port building, navigation, artillery, command... and even world geography, international politics, diplomacy, ore identification, gold and silver jewelry identification...

In the third year of study, the academy will arrange for students to work on convoys and merchant ships for one to two years, and then serve in ports for one year. Then, depending on their academic excellence, they will serve as battleship petty officers.

Therefore, the navy has its own reasons to be proud. According to Su You's conception of Zhao Xu in the secret memorial, in the future, the Song Dynasty will need at least six fleets to defend the vast sea territory, including Beiyang, Dongyang, Nanyang, and Dongyang.

Sheng Yuanyang, New Song Yuanyang, Atlantic Ocean Fleet.

Each fleet is divided into two for stationing and mission execution, so there are actually twelve fleets.

There is also a special scientific research fleet affiliated with the Capital University. Its mission is to explore the world. However, this fleet is funded by the Royal Charitable Foundation and the newly established Royal Science Foundation, and its role is not military.

Navigation trade and material transportation can now bring 70 to 80 million guan in revenue to the Song Dynasty a year, of which gold, silver, copper and other precious metals from Nanhai, New Song Dynasty, and Dongshengzhou amount to 30 million guan.
To be continued...