"To sum up, after 80,000 Russian troops gained a foothold in the Far East, they will definitely pick out elite troops to form three to four full-fledged divisions, take the initiative to attack and launch a field battle with the Volunteers and fight to the decisive battle!"

"The rest of Russia can completely defend those cities and fortresses, control various resources and raise a large amount of food and grass, so that the Russians in the Far East will have sharp spears and strong shields at the same time!"

"The field army can fight with the volunteers, and can even cross the Ussuri River to loot the Qing Dynasty's property, and use the Qing Dynasty's fear of the foreign countries to exert political pressure... and those Russian warships!"

"Once these warships meet with the warships in Vladivostok, the strength of the Russian Pacific Fleet will be five times higher, and it will become the second largest navy in East Asia that can compete with Britain!"

"After those naval soldiers have a short rest in Vladivostok, they can set out to harass the entire coastline of East Asia... Let's not think about Fusang and North Korea. I guess the port cities will be looted, and even the coastline of the Qing Dynasty will be bombed one after another..."

"This is not an exaggeration! You don't know how much the Russians value the Far East. Their hands that reached out to the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea have been cut off by the British. In order to find the sea port and to obtain huge maritime benefits, the Russians have tried their best..."

"Vladivostok is the most worthy victory for Alexander II. He opened an excellent deep-water port for Russia in Asia. For this port, he even launched the Siberian Railway Plan in advance..."

"Now everyone knows what kind of orders these expeditionary forces have received? They have been authorized and can do whatever they want to win, so that Bai Layi's tragedy has occurred! The Russians are already crazy. For victory, they don't mind blocking Dagukou again and bombing the Tanggu Special Zone!"

Hearing the entire hall here was filled with depressing breathing, everything Pierre described was shocking, and no one could refute it because all the data were so detailed and the arguments were very well-established.

Speaking of this, Pierre's right hand was firmly swinging down, "So, our grand strategy principle is that we will never allow two Russian troops to join forces. We must defeat the Russian Expeditionary Force before they arrive in the Far East!"

"You mean relying on the Navy? But now we only have one Zhiyuan that can take advantage of it! Can this win?"

Pierre did not answer, but shrugged at Xiang Ying and spread his hands, which meant that it was your turn to say the following words. Xiang Ying strided towards the podium, "Can you win? You gave me the word "Do you..."

The young Xiang Ying stood on the podium and exclaimed with a sharp look. "The era of great naval change has arrived, and the initiator of this great change is our prime minister! What is the Zhiyuan? I can tell you now that this is an epoch-making warship, a pure concept warship, a warship that opens the door to the new era!"

"I can tell you no exaggeration that within the world and above the ocean, the Zhiyuan now has no opponent at all!"

There were whispering voices in the audience, and everyone was shocked by Xiang Ying's arrogant tone. Only the Navy itself proudly raised his head and looked at the surprised expressions of the generals of the army, and was secretly happy.

The future is no longer an era when the army is dominant. If you want to protect this country and to develop a country for the Chinese, it depends on the ability of our navy.

"The method of naval battle needs to be explained in detail, and it can't be finished in three days and three nights, but if I briefly introduce it to you, it is nothing more than three elements: firepower, protection and cruise..."

"Let's talk about firepower first. The three 210-caliber main guns of the Zhiyuan are the most powerful in the world's navy. They are arrogant in both caliber and plural. To put it no exaggeration, when the Prussian engineers saw the prime minister's design ideas, they were all frightened. They said that we are all crazy people and actually wanted to install the shore defense cannon on the warship. This idea would not be successful!"

"But the fact slapped them in the face, which was extremely loud. After smelting experts, mathematicians and mechanical engineering experts performed countless calculations on the structure of the ironclad hull, they had to admit that our design ideas were really a genius."

"Pure steel keel, coupled with the steel shell, makes Zhiyuan a solid platform for marine mobile firepower output. It is precisely because the foundation is solid enough that we can load such a large-caliber artillery..."

"Beyond firepower is protection. Pure iron armored warships and those warships with wooden hulls covered with iron armor are completely different concepts. From the design idea, it is not the same level! The design idea of ​​the wooden hulls covered with iron armored ships is to defend against artillery with a caliber of less than 200. In the minds of those designers, they never thought that humans would put such a large caliber artillery on the ship..."

"The Russian flagship St. Peter, whose iron armor ultimate defense capability is just a 180-caliber rifled gun. It is completely delusional to want to fight against our Zhiyuan firepower..."

"The pure steel keel and hull of the Zhiyuan were designed for the imagined enemy from the beginning. During the night battle in Dakar, the French shore defense cannon once hit the Zhiyuan, but unfortunately it just hit a shallow groove in the iron armor, which did not cause any substantial damage to us. Therefore, the most powerful shield on the sea is in our hands..."

"The most powerful spear and the strongest shield in naval battle are all in our hands. What else is there to be scary about us! Zhiyuan can completely crush all enemies..."

At this time, the Army Chief of Staff Liang Kun suddenly asked, "But after all, there is only one ship of Zhiyuan, right? Even if Zhiyuan is a tiger, can it withstand the siege of wolves? If the enemy surrounds it with all his might, blocking the hull or even using the most primitive hand-to-hand combat on board the ship, how should you deal with it?"

Xiang Ying nodded to the senior in honor of his senior, "The Chief of Staff asked very correctly. This is indeed a problem, but the problem is not unsolvable. This requires the discussion of the third important attribute of Zhiyuan, its cruise capability..."

"2-seater horizontal 3-cylinder reciprocating steam engine, 4-seater high-type coal-fired boiler... The power measured during double-axis propulsion test is 6892 horsepower... It can reach 7500 horsepower when using strong pressure ventilation..."

"The speed of Zhiyuan on the ocean is unmatched. He abandoned the sails and chose a pure steam power system, so that we can completely lose the influence of wind direction and current on the hull posture... In other words, if I can walk above the ocean, do you think I will give the enemy a chance to get close to us for hand-to-hand combat?"
Chapter completed!