After all the guns and ammunition have been improved, the time is approaching the end of the year. Qin Ge was focused on designing, but he didn't know the news from the outside world. Because Qin Ge didn't want to be disturbed during the design, no one would tell him any important news.
"Ah! It's finally done. These types of ammunition can be used forever." Qin Ge said with relief as he put down the imitation Type 92 pistol of later generations. Because the ammunition is imitated from later generations of ammunition, it can be finalized so quickly.
Walking out of the shooting range, Qin Ge saw Qin Erbao waiting outside.
¡°Er Bao, what¡¯s the matter?¡±
"The British dreadnought has announced a global visit and announced its route. It will first visit European countries, then cross the Atlantic to visit the United States and South American countries, and will visit Japan and the Empire after visiting Hawaii." Qin Erbao said.
¡°Foreigners like to show off, this is normal!¡± Qin Ge disagreed.
"But the Americans have gathered all their warships to form the Great White Fleet, and they will follow the British dreadnoughts around the world after they visit the United States."
"What?!" Qin Ge was shocked. This news is no small matter! When the British asked the Super Dreadnought to visit the world, it would definitely not be a battleship. The United States directly sent warships from all over the country to form a fleet and followed the British Dreadnought. conspiracy! It must be a big conspiracy! Damn it, you don¡¯t want me to have a happy New Year!
If the British had formed a fleet to visit the world to show off their military power, the whole country would have nothing to worry about. But if the Americans joined the British during their visit, Qin Ge would have to think that this was a big conspiracy. The U.S. Great White Fleet consists of sixteen pre-dreadnought ships. According to the original history, the completion period should be after 1905. However, due to the emergence of Qin Ge, the Queen of Hawaii frightened the Americans, so the U.S. Navy developed extremely rapidly. . Although it did not acquire the technology of dreadnoughts, the United States still built a large number of outdated battleships. Historically, the Great White Fleet visited the world to show its strength to Japan. Although the British Dreadnought appeared and all became obsolete warships, the numerical advantage could overwhelm everything. Now, Britain and the United States are working hand in hand. Qin Ge has offended these two countries a lot. After the two fleets visit Japan, they will visit Qin Ge's territory. If Britain and the United States launch a surprise attack on Qin Ge's navy, then The consequences could be disastrous!
"How are the two battleships 012 and 013?" Regarding the naming of the battleships, Qin Ge was not sure whether it was better to use Hawaiian place names or Chinese place names, so he replaced them with numbers first. 01 represents the 01-class battleship, which is the same class as the Hawaiian Queen. 2 is the second battleship of this class. The Hawaiian Queen can be regarded as 011.
"It has been completed. The Queen held a launching ceremony for the two ships a few days ago. Currently, Li Zhu and Zhennan's people have been conducting adaptive training on the two warships. However, the two vacated Wahu-class cruisers are now being used. Chen Tianming and those guys are competing for it," Qin Erbao said.
"Three dreadnoughts, against one dreadnought and a dozen pre-dreadnoughts, still have no chance of winning. Moreover, the protective power of 012 and 013 is not as strong as the Hawaiian Queen." The Hawaiian Queen uses composite armor, like this The armor is stronger than surface carburized armor. "As for the two Wahu-class ships, let Liu Buchan and Lin Taizeng take them. Now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is dead, they will definitely be loyal to me."
"This" Qin Erbao did not expect that Qin Ge would hand over the two vacated protective cruisers to the people from Beiyang. After all, they should be handed over to his direct descendants first.
Qin Ge said: "Isn't it strange? Liu Buchan and others have experienced sea battles. It would be better for them to lead them. Moreover, Britain and the United States Hey, regardless of these troubles, the New Year is celebrated in a few days. What's the matter? We can wait until the New Year is over happily, and the British have to cross the Atlantic and Pacific to reach China. I am waiting for work. If you want to fight, then fight! Why is there no news from Germany by then!"
Queen Liliokalani also likes the New Year holiday, but she is not too happy at this time. After all, this may be the last year that her daughter will spend with her. With Qin Ge's departure, he would suddenly become the veritable king of Hawaii, but at this time he was reluctant to leave his daughter and son-in-law.
On February 1, 1897, Qin Ge and his family happily spent their last years in Hawaii. However, Qin Ge did not take Ada and Qing'er with him when he left. He asked Ada to stay to expand the Hawaiian force. As for Qing'er, Xinxin was just born and was not suitable for taking a boat, so he stayed. Just like when he came, Qin Ge only took Bingbing with him when he left. Qin Ge returned to Dalian the day before the Lantern Festival and rushed to Beijing on the day of the Lantern Festival.