It was late autumn in Taiwan in November 1896, and winter was coming in a blink of an eye. The update is the fastest, but the Keelung Port in Taipei has stopped working and has not continued to work. Originally, many immigrants would come from Taiwan recently, but now Wang Guorui ordered the immigrant ship to temporarily dock in Tainan, but this Taipei was left behind by Wang Guorui with an important matter to do.

A lot of people gathered in Taipei's Keelung Port, and these people were also looking at the warship docked in Keelung Port, and began to point and point. And these people are also foreign ministers, and they are here to participate in the military parade held by Wang Guorui.

Since Sa Zhenbing came to Taiwan for inspection, he has discovered that Taiwan has unlimited potential and is a boss he can rely on. And he finally saw the three 10,000-ton battleships and five 5,000-ton cruisers promised by Wang Guorui, which shocked him extremely. And there are various auxiliary ships such as destroyers, frigates, etc., and there are a lot of them. This was really an eye-opener for Sa Zhenbing. Although he didn't know where Wang Guorui's ships came from, he knew that Taiwan's strength was sufficient and could serve as a powerful naval force. And here is East Asia, there is absolutely no problem with such a navy in East Asia.

So Sa Zhenbing mobilized the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Navy on the mainland, and they came to join Wang Guorui one after another. And of course, the officers and soldiers of these Beiyang Navy have also started to serve, and many of them have been promoted. Because most of the sailors of the Beiyang Navy are experienced, and even have actual combat experience. Moreover, Wang Guorui is seriously short of officers, and these people can be reused. [.Reading] Many people have become captains, and they are promoted very quickly. However, some guys also brought the vicious atmosphere of the Beiyang Navy at that time, and Wang Guorui also killed their unhealthy tendencies. () And they came here to know that the sailors here are completely different from theirs. Almost many of the sailors here are completely loyal to Wang Guorui, and their every move will be monitored. If he had any sexual behavior, I am afraid that Wang Guorui will be able to find out soon.

This made them feel scared. Some of them wanted to go back, but it was not easy for them to go back after they came to Taiwan. In addition, they all resigned from their official positions in the Qing Dynasty to serve Wang Guorui's Taiwan, so they were rebellious to the Qing Dynasty, so they had no way out. It can only serve Wang Guorui.

It took two months, and although it failed to form a combat force, it was still possible to start the ship. Therefore, Wang Guorui will also start a military parade at sea, and then take the initiative to show the strength of his navy to the world, showing that Taiwan has the strength to protect its own sea area.

"Governor Wang, I really want to know, how did you get the Sovereign-class battleships and Centurion-class battleships designed by our British Empire? Who produced them for you. Please explain!" British Minister Dou Nale said angrily.

Donale really almost went crazy. Wang Guorui's three battleships are completely using their British monarchy-class battleships and centurion-class battleships, all of the same model. And Donale can be sure that there is no deal between Britain and Wang Guorui, and the domestic battleships are also complete, without any shortage. But there will be a Sovereign-class battleship and two Centurion-class battleships here, which really makes Donal feel furious. You must know that the British Sovereign-class battleship can be said to be the pinnacle masterpiece among the former dreadnoughts, and it is the most powerful battleship of this era. none of them. And this is the trump card of the British, the most powerful battleship. But now it's been cloned here, it's hard to imagine what link went wrong.

"These three warships are the British monarchy class and centurion class? I am really ignorant about this. I am a countryman and I have never seen a warship. What others say is what it is! It seems that those who sold it to me The people in the warship are really dishonest. I severely condemn them for plagiarizing!" Wang Guorui said angrily, pretending to be angry.

"Let you pretend to be stupid!" Dona Le said angrily in his heart.

"I want to ask, who sold you these warships?" Don Nale asked.

Dou Nale also felt that the grandsons who sold the warship to Wang Guorui were unusual, they could even manufacture the monarchy class of the British. You must know that the construction period of a battleship is calculated in years, and there must be corresponding industrial reserves. But an unknown organization was able to manufacture three battleships. So what kind of organization can create such an awesome thing? If there is such a powerful organization in this world, then the status of the British may be in danger.

"I don't know, anyway, they are just looking for door-to-door sales. I happen to be short of warships, so I can buy them from them!" Wang Guorui said.

"Pretend, you try your best to pretend!" Dona Le cursed inwardly.

Wang Guorui went on to say: "Their service attitude is really good. They actually gave me all the design drawings of the warship. I'm thinking of finding another company and selling the design drawings. Get some money to subsidize the huge cost of building an army!"

Donale's face turned green. Wang Guorui's threat was out-and-out, that is, a threat that if the British continued to pursue it, Wang Guorui would sell the monarchy-level design drawings and even spread them all over the world. Although it is not necessarily possible to manufacture a warship just by having a design drawing, it is possible to analyze the weakness of a warship through the design drawing 31781/"Dream Guard();. The navies of many countries do not allow people from enemy countries to board their own warships. It is to prevent the enemy from discovering weaknesses. And the design drawings must be kept secret. After all, if a weakness is discovered through the design drawings, it will be very, very, very terrible.

And Donale can be sure that their opponents, the Germans, will definitely like this thing very much. Such things can not only discover the weaknesses of enemy warships, but also give their ship designers great inspiration and make their warship designs more perfect. Therefore, once the Germans know the news, they will not miss this opportunity.

"Don't sell it, this is very detrimental to our British Empire!" Donale said.

Wang Guorui said, "But I'm really short of money!"

"..." Don Nale was speechless.

And Wang Guorui quickly left Dou Nale's side, and Dou Nale's face was like a bitter melon. But Wang Guorui was grinning, obviously he had just obtained a small amount of money from the British, which was called hush money. Originally, Dou Nale wanted to question Wang Guorui, but he didn't expect that Wang Guorui would immediately bite him back and pay the hush money.

"Minister Lin Dong? Does anyone here owe you money? Why do you look so sad?" Wang Guorui asked.

Lin Dong, the Japanese envoy to the Qing Dynasty, had a frowning look, obviously very afraid of this warship. Of course Wang Guorui knew why, because originally Taiwan's weakness was the navy, but now Taiwan has achieved such a powerful navy overnight, which means that Taiwan is not afraid of Japan at all. Although Japan's combined fleet is currently replenishing warships, its total tonnage has only recovered to 40,000 tons. But Wang Guorui's three battleships, five cruisers, and various auxiliary ships have a total tonnage of almost 90,000 tons, which is more than twice that of the Japanese warships. If there is a real fight, I am afraid that Japan will suffer a lot.

"Oh, aren't we in Taiwan also learning from Japan? Back then, Japan was trying to build a navy, but even the queen's jewelry was donated, which is so bold! And the consequence of doing so is that it successfully obtained from our Chinese It’s not easy to extort a lot of wealth! If you are beaten, you have to think about revitalization, then Taiwan will naturally have to sell everything to build a navy. However, we still have a certain distance from Japan. After all, our sailors are all novice , does not have much experience. And many captains are new and have not shown their experience. And warships also have to undergo sea trials, so it will take several years to truly form combat effectiveness. Therefore, let Some dwarves have been jumping for a few years longer." Wang Guorui said.

Lin Dong forced a smile, but did not speak.

Just now Wang Guorui was exposing people's scars. Japan sold everything to build a navy, but it only got a compensation, not a piece of land. But this time, Japan has actually lost money to grandma's house, and the compensation is just enough to supplement the domestic economy and provide pensions to those soldiers who died in battle. But this time Japan took out the national luck to gamble. Although they didn't lose their pants, they were all worthy of big money, and the rewards were far less than the sacrifices. After all, they didn't get a single colony, not even Liaodong and Taiwan, so isn't this a loss?

And now Taiwan also has a lot of navies, so the enmity between Taiwan and Japan can be regarded as unbearable. What Wang Guorui said just now is that it will take several years for all kinds of naval personnel training and sea trials of warships, which is not false. So Wang Guorui can only let this little devil dance for a few more years, let them live for a few more years.

However, once Wang Guoruidu's navy has a little bit of real combat effectiveness, Japan's life will be difficult. So it was precisely when Lin Dong saw this situation that he became moaning, with a very miserable expression on his face, as if someone owed him money.

"Little devil, I didn't expect you to have today! How arrogant were you back then? Tat for tat, then there will be good fruits for you to eat." Wang Guorui thought in his heart. (to be continued..)