Chapter 122 King Dun takes office as an envoy (8)

Accompanied by many Naval School students and Japanese official personnel, Yi Qiong and his group took a walk around the Naval School. It would be fine if he didn't understand naval warfare and military affairs. Shen Baozhen, Ding Richang, Yang Tinghui, Wu Changqing, especially Deng Shichang, Fang Boqian, Liu Buchan, Lin Sensen and others, the most concerned were the maritime boat skills studied by the Japanese Navy. Along the way, they asked each other - they could be called experts, and there was no need to cover up those false things.

While listening to Zheng Gang's translation, Yi Qi asked casually, "How many warships do your country's navy have in total?"

"There are 36 ships in total." Féi Tahama Goro replied in a casual voice.

"A lot." Yi Qiong said, "I don't know how powerful the combat power?"

"I'm afraid it's far worse than your country."

On the way, Yi Qiong heard Shen Baozhen briefly introduce it to him that the Japanese Navy did have a lot of ships, but first of all, these included 12 transport ships, and the other 24 gunboats were mostly iron wooden ships like the French ship Desdan, which was captured by the Qing Dynasty during the war in the offshore Vietnam. In terms of displacement and combat capabilities, they were far less than China's ironclad ships.

Moreover, the Fengrui, Mengchun, Yukifei, Kaiyang, Huitian, Panlong and Chiyoda were all donated to the shogun in the late period of the Shogunate, and were voluntarily donated to the shogun by various Japanese vassals, or were transferred to the shogun. In the 18th year of Xianfeng, Emperor Mutsuhito inspected these ships in the Tenboshan Bay in Osaka. A total of six warships participated in the ship review, and the total tonnage was only 2,000 tons.

As we spoke, we walked into the school and entered the main building complex, a large stone wall engraved on it, with a passage engraved on it, "... the power of the emperor is shining overseas, and the navy should be promoted today. However, today, the rebellion in the country has not yet been quelled, and the military cost is huge and cannot be borne by the national power. Moreover, first of all, we should recruit skilled people to engage in naval training, organization and shipbuilding and smelting. Given that there are very few skilled people in the imperial country, the establishment of schools is the foundation for building a naval force. We plan to establish schools in Hyogo to establish a foundation for the naval force."

Below this passage, there is a small note: "The affairs of the navy are the most urgent and the foundation should be laid as soon as possible."

After hearing Zheng Gang translate it for himself, Yi Qi nodded frequently, "This is what we say. It is a bit in line with my Emperor Qing to run the Naval Academy's sage." He turned around, "Whose words are these?"

"The above paragraph is what the Navy's Emperor Sheng Haizhou said; the following paragraph is the decree of His Majesty the Emperor of our country."

Yi Qi sneered despicablely. Does the little Japanese dare to use the "decree"? I am so arrogant. Of course, this is just a complaint in my heart, but nodded with interest on his face, "Then, I wonder what the students' academic schedule and academic arrangements are like?"

Féi Hamagoro explained to him one by one: the student's schooling system is two years. In the morning, 5 o'clock in summer and 6 o'clock in winter, blow the snail and slam the bell and ring the bell for breakfast. After dinner, change into special clothes for cleaning and hygiene. At 8 o'clock in the morning, the sailor raised the flag, and the minister on duty checked the crew to beat the drums, practiced the sample gun and Zhang Fan, and then called. Afterwards, the captain sent a small boat to take the teaching staff to practice until noon; after packing up the equipment at noon, use lunch, ring the bell and clean the tableware, and arrange the following

After lunch practice, use equipment and take a afternoon break; at 2 pm, teach the boat until 4 pm; at dusk, blow the snails and lower the flag, beat the drum, practice sample guns, unload the sails and pack up the utensils; at 8 pm, blow the screws and drums to rest, the minister on duty checks the patrol ship, pay attention to fire prevention, and check whether the heavy anchors are placed, the rudder and engine are normal when encountering wind and rain. The staff on duty change shifts every hour, check whether there are any places invaded by water and other negligence during shift changes, and record them.

This is just a necessary homework for internships on the boat. Accepting textual knowledge in shore schools is even more a chore. According to regulations, the class time for each semester is from January 19 to December 19, from 8 am to 12:30 pm to 12:30 pm to...; every month, learning measurement and arithmetic on 1, 4, 6, 9; 2, 7 learn shipbuilding; 3, 8 learn steam engines; 7, 5, 10 learn ship rigs; 2, 8 learn maritime artillery; 2 and 23 learn shè strike; 2, 10 learn swimming from May 10 to August (the last day of the month of the yin calendar), and 3, 8, 5, 10 practice water-raising horses.

In a word, more than ten compulsory courses such as Vaseline Officer's School, Guns, Steam Engines, Measuring, Accounting, Engines, Management Fireworks, Shipbuilding, Ship Driving, Management Sailors, etc., are all necessary for these young people in their early twenties to master.

Yi Qi kept sucking his teeth, "Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk." His tone was full of praise, "Will the children persist in such a long course?"

"It's not OK if you don't do this." said Féi Hamagoro. "The Japanese people are poor and poor, and they cannot compare with their talents. They can only make up for their shortcomings with diligence."

Yi Qiong nodded in agreement. It was a short time since he came to Japan, but among the Japanese people he saw, the only one named Féi Tian, ​​who could still say a few words.

Behind them, Sheng Haizhou, Xixiang Congdao and several other representatives of the Japanese naval forces followed behind them, listening to the words of the people in front of them, chatting with Shen Baozhen, Ding Richang, Fang Boqian, Liu Buchan, Deng Shichang and others, "In July last year, General Dan led the entire army and defeated the French army outside Tuoshan Port. Their reputation was beyond words. It also set a precedent for our Asian people to defeat the Western powers. This kind of proud martial arts is enough to be passed down for a lifetime."

"If you say that you have achieved success in victory against Western countries, it is entirely up to our emperor's wise and powerful commands. I am just offering a battle to go around, how dare you invite the heavenly achievements to your own glory?"

Katsuhiba nodded, "This is natural." Then he asked, "Sir Dan, I saw it in the governor's hall yesterday. I was in charge of the Japanese Navy. In addition to serving the country and the emperor, those who are interested are completely doing the errands done by His Majesty the Emperor. I will build my navy into a first-class fleet in Asia. I think that as the Minister of the Qing Dynasty and the head of the Weihai Navy Academy, I must be feeling sensible?"

"Yes, Mr. Navy said this very well. Although we are ministers, we are different, but we are responsible for the emperor's worries and contributions to ourselves."

"Since that's the case, why don't you ask the Dan General to teach us all the knowledge? So that I can become the name of the Dan General in the future?"

"You want..." Shen Baozhen said a long 'oh' and looked at Sheng Haizhou with a smile, "Hao Junqing, I would not be willing to inform him of this matter, but the emperor once issued an edict to Shen before leaving. These words came out of the emperor's mouth and entered Shen's ears. They must not be spread. Otherwise, the emperor would be the first to kill my husband's head. After all, you and Shen will meet each other. You will never see me losing your head, right?"

There is no need to talk about this as an excuse. But Katsukisuke didn't have any way. He made a few words with him and gave a look at the young people behind him. Among them, three of them were the leader, who had just introduced each other. One was the captain of the tourist ship Oyama Iwa, who came to Japan this time and performed his responsibilities overseas in Setou. The other was his fellow countryman, friend, comrade-in-arms, the deputy captain of the Japanese ship Hiei, and also Togo Hirahachiro who was about to go to the UK to study abroad in a month. The third was Yamamoto Hoi Ei. Like the previous two, he was also a Satsuma clan, but he was younger than them and was only twenty years old this year.

Although Yamamoto was young, he had practical experience. In the 13th year of Xianfeng, the Saying-Ying War broke out between Japan and the United Kingdom due to the Hommai incident. Yamamoto, who was only eleven years old at the time, followed him to the fort and carried shells together. The one who worked with him was Hirahachiro Togo, and the gunner was Oyama Iwa. In his battle, the captain and deputy captain of the flagship Urialus, the flagship of the British fleet, were killed by the shells fired from this fort. Although it was not as brilliant as Deng Shichang's debut in the naval battle, considering the age of the three people at that time, it was also a very impressive achievement.

Because of this experience, Yamamoto was very proud. He never obeyed the control of British instructors in the Naval School. On the one hand, he saw the instinctive resistance of the enemy, and he was also conceited from the battlefield. He did not take those big-nosed instructors with no practical experience seriously. He got drunk all day and fought in groups. When the fire came, even British instructors dared to fight. By the end of the previous year, Yamamoto graduated from the Naval School with the second last place and is now a gunner on the Japanese ship Chiyoda. This time he heard that the Beiyang Navy from China was visiting, and he also got involved with Oyama Iwai and Togo Heihachiro.

These Japanese Navy members cannot speak fluent Chinese to their principals and the heads of the Navy Department. However, if you can't speak Chinese, there is no problem with the English dialogue - all the professors and daily conversations used by Japanese Navy Schools are in English, which is similar to the Chinese Beiyang Navy. Both sides are young people, and the Japanese side intends to win over them. Therefore, in a short time, they can be integrated into one.

In the eyes of the Japanese, the navy generals sent by China this time each had their own style: Liu Buchan had a handsome face, Fang Boqian had a clear face; Deng Shichang was as calm as a mountain, and Lin Senshen was strong and heavy, and they were all chosen for a handsome man. In July of the previous year, when a battle outside Tuoshan Port was passed on by word of mouth by Chinese and French soldiers, and the Japanese were determined to gather information, although the information obtained could not be accurate to 100, it was not far from the situation on the battlefield.
Chapter completed!