1890 King of Southeast Asia

"Prime Minister, Beiyang called."

"Read." Liu Yiming sorted out the handover matters. The ongoing island survey would not stop because the main force of the navy went north.

It is now September. Since the armistice, the navy has been cooperating with the government to conduct island surveys and establish bases.

After all, this is a country with more than 17,000 islands. The areas currently under effective control are only Java Island, Sumatra and part of Sulawesi, most of Borneo, and some small islands.

After the armistice, large torpedo boats, torpedo boats, and patrol boats produced in Nanhua began to serve one after another to cooperate in the fight for various islands.

In Liu Yiming's words, the market is good now. No matter what you do, no one will come to your house to nag.

"Everything has been arranged. I will be waiting for the Prime Minister at Songhu Wharf. Just this sentence." Secretary Yang opened the file and read it out.

"No signature? This old guy is really careful." Liu Yiming shook his head.

Liu Yiming told Lao Li about Japan's aggressive expansion of the navy, and also asked Nanhua's ambassador to Britain to communicate with the Qing ambassador to Britain.

So the Qing court was furious. Taking the coastal governors as an example, the governor of Dongshan made a large order to the West, and the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi opened the arsenal, took out the needle rifles that had been stored for a long time, and trained three new battalions of infantry.

"Navy Commander Zhao reported that the fleet is ready." Secretary Yang picked up the next telegram.

"Got it, set off in three days." Liu Yiming nodded and took out a new one from a pile of documents.

"Well... notify Minister Lin and ask him to come." Liu Yiming stared at the document, tapping his fingers on the table, and couldn't make up his mind for a while.

"Prime Minister, the matter of going north has been discussed with the British, and the British are willing to cooperate." Lin Anmin came in and thought Liu Yiming was asking him how his work was.

Liu Yiming really wanted to add the armaments of the Qing Dynasty. The reason was very simple. Whether he won or not, it would not change that Beiyang sank five warships and finally retreated from the battlefield.

Dare to fight, more or less, there will be results. As for what will happen next, no one knows.

Start a fierce arms race, consume Japan's vitality, and completely drive it into the abyss.

Britain is now supporting it, but it doesn't mind making money, nor does it want the power to be unbalanced. But someone is preparing for his birthday and has no money to buy warships.

So Liu Yiming simply staged a play with Beiyang, and at the same time dragged the British into the water, stirring up the fear of the Qing Dynasty's empty sea defense.

"Take a look at this." Liu Yiming handed the document to Lin Anmin.

"Hawaii? Is it the island in the middle of the ocean?" Lin Anmin saw the document and knew what the Prime Minister was thinking. And the location of this country is still very important.

"Yes, they had a mutiny at the beginning of the year, and it was not until now that it was sorted out. The Americans were behind the coup."

"Next year they want to set up an American-style government. This Sandford Dor is an American immigrant and has great prestige in the local area, but more importantly, the US military will join." Liu Yiming nodded.

Lin Anmin frowned. The coup was over. It would be difficult to find an excuse to intervene now.

"I will take two Changluo-class ships to visit Dieqing, and you will visit Hawaii with four Jiaolong-class ships to protect overseas Chinese." Liu Yiming thought for a while.

"Pull out two battalions from the Marine Corps and go together to protect the safety of the Chinese and ensure their interests."

"The Navy is enough, but two battalions of the Marine Corps are not enough..." Lin Anmin looked at the information about the Hawaiian Islands, frowning, two battalions were too few.

"We are not going to fight, bah! We are not going to occupy, but to exert influence first. It's all my fault. I forgot. I will pull out a battalion from the special forces battalion for you." Liu Yiming said angrily.

With this, the United States can be locked in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and the fight with Japan will be forgotten.

"Damn Japanese!"

"You can do it freely. There are more than 20,000 Chinese there, as well as a large number of Japanese, locals, and Americans. The situation is complicated. Put pressure, but don't fight with the United States for the time being." Liu Yiming is still thinking about the Luzon Islands. What will he do if the Spanish-American War does not start?

"Okay!" Lin Anmin didn't think much in his head. With two battalions and a special brigade, the army's strength can already destroy such a small country.

The navy can run rampant in this place. Lin Anmin knows that there are American cruisers coming, but does it dare to fire? Can it beat them?

Well! It's decided to see if there is a chance to occupy these islands, and if not, occupy half of them.

...

Three days later, Liu Yiming embarked on the journey north again.

The warship first docked in Borneo to deter the natives and boost the morale of the Chinese. For this reason, the Changluo class fired a few shots from time to time.

After walking and stopping, they arrived in Brunei.

"Dad!"

When the ship arrived in Brunei, Liu Yiming had not had time to get off the ship, but the wife of the Prime Minister who was accompanying him could not help but get off the ship first and threw herself into her father's arms.

"Dad, are you okay?" Liu Yiming got off the ship and greeted Zhang Wentao.

"All good! All good!" Zhang Wentao looked at his daughter and son-in-law with tears in his eyes.

"You have been married for so long, why is there still no movement? Your mother found a good one for you, you take it to the house..." After reminiscing for a long time, Zhang Wentao drove Youzi away in the name of official business.

"Dad! Youzi was too young before, don't worry." Liu Yiming smiled bitterly. Even after leaving Surabaya, he was still forced to give birth.

"Really?" Zhang Wentao didn't believe it. Young people don't know the importance of things. Can they bear it? Especially the days when the two were inseparable, that was not short.

"Really, dad, didn't you say that you used oil before? How about the exploration? You tell me in various situations in Brunei." Liu Yiming's old face blushed and pulled the topic.

"There are really oils. We used the trestle bridge and steel frame to set up the first oil collection platform. The output was considerable and the oil was very good. At present, the oil well output is about 600 barrels." Essence

"Very good!" Liu Yiming was a little excited.

"Also, on the land, we also found several oil fields and laid more than 20 oily wells. The total amount of oil per day was 10,000 barrels per day.

Because of the insufficient transportation and storage capacity, the engineering team seized most of them, retaining the output of 3,000 barrels per day, about 410 tons. Zhang Wentao said unfortunately.

"You have to continue the exploration. The refinery will be established soon. Storage facilities and transportation equipment will be quickly solved. Dad, you are most familiar with here, and you have to be busy for a while." Liu Yiming was afraid that he could not touch the oil and touched it out. Just fine.

"It has to be sent to some people again. At present, Brunei has 120,000 people. Recently, the local activities are very frequent. Those who remove the cultivated land cannot be divided into a few." Zhang Wentao complained.

In fact, a total of not less than 500,000 people have been sent, but most of them have been sent to the abandoned residence of South China.

At present, Java Island has a concentrated population of more than 5 million. There are many Chinese in Borneo. Maybe two million may be added?

But Java is concentrated, and Borneo is scattered.

"What do the natives do?" Liu Yiming was worried about the safety of the immigration point, after all, he pulled people over.

"It's okay, they can't start a hand -offs by themselves, and use slaves to change guns. This trick is indeed effective. After a few years, this trouble should be gone." Zhang Wentao is a supporter of Chinese culture.

"The third division will return, stationed in Brunei, and then more people will be sent to the oil industry." Liu Yiming touched his chin, and his beard was not very clean.

Nympho

After inspecting the oil fields, the oil depot, and the simple oil refining device, the warship continued to go north.

Due to the sudden situation, the original four dragon -class cruisers ran to Hawaii. Domestic warships had to support the construction of the stronghold, so there were only two warships that reached the northernmost end of South China at this time -Ryukyu.

"Is this Ryukyu?" Zhang Pan looked at it was kind, and the original Chinese architecture in South China was not Hongda. At the same time, he revealed a small family.

After the establishment of South China, except for some meaningful buildings, other Chinese buildings are as magnificent as possible within the allowable range of typhoons.

"This is the island. The island that has been passed before is also Ryukyu. Like local, it is an islands composed of multiple islands." Liu Yiming explained to Zhang Kou.

Zhang Pan couldn't wait to get off the boat, and take a look at this stronger national style. The South China State is very strong. The students and teachers have to wear Hanfu Tang costumes. Liu Yiming is even more so. All major festivals that need to attend are all officials in Hanfu.

However, the color does not require much requirements, but the red and white happy events are wearing, and it must be scolded.

An embarrassing thing happened. Due to the depth of water, the Ryukyu port could not stop at the two Changluo levels. Later, it was possible to do it. It was the result of dredging and deep digging.

"It's a pity, I don't know when it will come next time." Zhang Pan observed for a while after the ship's own crane and coal were added, and he was weak.

"This is our land. If you have a holiday, you will come. It is not fun here. The villas in Bali are repaired. When will we go to vacation?" Liu Yiming thought about dredging the port.

The strategic location here is very important. At least it must be able to stop by 10,000 tons of warships. The water is more than ten meters deep.

"Xingbao ..." Zhang Kou Baba looked at the buildings not far away.

Nympho

On September 25, the two huge warships were moving west at the speed of 16 verses. Seagulls flew around the boat, and the South China Navy flag on the top of the mast hunted.

"Found warships in front!" A signal came from the mast.

"Is it close to Shanghai?" Liu Yiming looked at the busy sailor and asked Gu Fan, commander of the first fleet.

"At this speed, you can arrive at night." Gu Fan looked at Haitu.

"Then you have to be tomorrow ..." Liu Yiming looked at the big and small in the telescope, grinning.

"Ah?" Gu Fan was a little unknown, so I said wrong?

"Nothing, go up at all speed and give them a horse! How about it?" Liu Yiming suggested.

Gu Fan can refuse it. This is the physique of South China. Professional things allow professional people to do it. Don't intervene if you don't understand, don't talk nonsense.

Speech can be free, but you cannot be nonsense and disgusting by this name.

"Yes!" Gu Fan thought for a while, nodded, deterred, although he didn't know the next action, it always made a sense, showing force to show force, and the biggest reason!

"Order! Strong ventilation, advance at full speed! Let Chang An follow the followers." Gu Fan turned his head and got the command.

It also takes a process to speed up, so Gu Fan chose the left rudder and approached the warship around the distant circle around a circle.

Boom ~ A large amount of air enters the boiler, the coal is red, and the boiler's air pressure continues to rise.

As the air pressure increases, the roar of the steam engine is getting louder, and the hull gradually accelerates.

Nympho

"Adult, that should be the warship of the male Hua." Yang Yulin said to the tube with Lin Tai.

"It's not very clear, but there are two identical 10,000-ton ships. Apart from Britain, there is only South China." Lin Taizeng's mouth was indescribably complicated. Why can his small island country raise money to buy warships, while the Celestial Empire?

The most worrying thing is that after Japan's defeat, it has increased its warship orders, and after South China has strengthened its strength again, who knows who this ship will be used to fight!

"They seem to be speeding up?" Yang Yonglin said unsurely.

"It's not very clear, too far away, turning?" Lin Taizeng exclaimed.

Although the distance is very far and it is not clear, the flexibility of turning can be roughly seen.

Ten minutes later, both sides were finally able to see the flags of both sides with a telescope.

...

"There is no admiral's flag, and the general flag is hung, which should be Zhenyuan." Gu Fan said after reading it. This is all the knowledge he made up for.

"It should be an old friend next to him." Liu Yiming looked at the familiar warship.

"Has the speed reached the limit now?"

"Not yet, the speed is 207 knots, and the highest speed reached 228 knots during the sea trial. We have to wait a little longer." Gu Fan took a look.

The two Changluo-class ships have the same basic configuration. The Chang'an has a normal horsepower of 15180, a maximum horsepower of 20020 horsepower under pressure, and a maximum speed of 231 knots.

The Luojing has a forced pressure of 19860 horsepower and a maximum speed of 228 knots. To be honest, the British's forced ventilation is really a bug.

"Zhenyuan and Zhiyuan, what a pity." Liu Yiming nodded and looked at the field of view in the telescope.

...

"So fast! Faster than Zhiyuan!" Lin Taizeng opened his mouth in surprise.

"I heard that it is the latest armored cruiser, with eight 15mm rapid-fire guns, firing seven or eight times per minute, and four 23.5mm naval guns, firing three times in two minutes. The dense firepower is amazing." Yang Yonglin praised.

"Here we go!" Lin Taizeng listened as he watched the Nanhua warship rushing towards him.

It was slightly longer than the Zhenyuan and not as wide. You could see the main and secondary guns, as well as the densely packed small-caliber rapid-fire guns. The layout was a bit strange.

The Luojing rushed until it was only 1,200 meters away before turning the rudder.

"Left rudder twenty!" Gu Fan ordered.

The warship began to turn in an instant, drawing a huge arc. (The turning distance of the warship is quite large, the faster it turns, the larger it is.)

"Amazing skills!" Seeing a warship of nearly 10,000 tons rushing towards you at high speed and then passing by, Lin Taizeng couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Send a signal to welcome the visit of the General Manager of Nanhua, and fire a salute!" After exclaiming, Lin Taizeng arranged a welcoming ceremony.

"Reply to him, it's an honor to travel with the Beiyang Fleet." Liu Yiming held back this sentence for a long time, which was full of deep meaning...

Gu Fan didn't think it was wrong until the Luojing reduced its speed to 12 knots and found that it was out of touch with Zhenyuan. It seemed that he finally understood what the Prime Minister meant by saying that it would arrive tomorrow...

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