850 is about to sail
In the Volkeng Shipyard, everyone who was preparing to return to China had gathered. The King of Wings and Fang Guan continued to stay in Europe, while more than 50 international students including Xiang Ying took on the task of cooperating with Kevin to escort the Zhiyuan back to China.
On the deck, the Wing King was reciting a secret message from Ryukyu. Fifty international students who had been trained in military form stood in a tofu-like column, and more than 300 Prussian sailors behind him were quietly watching the appointment consciousness.
"The Prime Minister's Order is issued to appoint commanders at all levels of the returning fleet... the captain of the Zhiyuan Shiyuan Xiang Ying! Get out of the line!"
With a bang, the military boots hit the deck. Xiang Ying, who had changed into a military uniform, had tears flashing in his excited eyes. When he took the appointment letter and the command knife, two tears finally couldn't help but shed.
In Europe, these students really have been in three years. Everyone has to sleep and sleep without feeling tired. They only sleep for an hour or two a day, and they always eat with two pieces of bread and sausage sandwiches.
When the tutor was there, they studied with the tutor. After the tutor rested, they went to the library. The first batch of European students were all geniuses carefully selected by Xiao Letian. It is no exaggeration to say that they have the level of remembering what they have never remembered.
Language and writing barriers have been solved in Ryukyu, and the basic education in Ryukyu is done well, so there is no obstacle for these top students to learn new knowledge.
Even if there are some obstacles, what does it matter? Diligence can always make up for the gap.
After countless days and nights, they were studying without sleep. When other Prussian students went for a walk, played football, and drank with wine on the bar, they were conducting experiments.
When others fall into a deep dream, they study hard in the library. If the foundation hadn't provided them with enough living expenses so that their nutrition could keep up, a large number of people would have been exhausted.
The Wing King patted Xiang Ying on the shoulder, "Remember, this is just a temporary appointment. You still have to come back to study after the mission is completed! Don't embarrass your uncle, go..."
With a military salute, Xiang Ying retreated to the team.
"Kevin... Prime Minister admits that you are the deputy captain of the Zhiyuan and are responsible for all technical work!"
"Thank you, the Prime Minister's trust, is fulfilling his mission!"
"Kim Sanshun... accepts your appointment as the Minister of Internal Affairs. When you return to China, you can take away 300,000 silver dollars as a expense along the way!"
"Lin Zhen...rehis decree that you are the commander of the Zhiyuan gun and cannon, responsible for the firepower output of all weapons!"
"Cai Bixia is the communication chief..."
"Yan Xing is the chief engineer..."
"Liu Anchen, Qiu Wei, Jiang Yuheng, Sun Chushi... I accept your orders as the captain of the supply ship to obey the command of the Zhiyuan all the way, and even if you lose your life, you must protect our ironclad ships from returning home..."
One after another, international students came out to accept the acceptance of their duties, and from now on, the command system of Zhiyuan officially began to work. Immediately followed by the officers who began to name the roster. Prince Carl drew 300 veterans from the Prussian Navy, which were composed of sailors on Zhiyuan.
Carl had already explained to these veterans before that he retained all their military ranks and treatments in Prussia in this mission, and Prime Minister Xiao of Ryukyu also promised to give everyone three times the allowance for this mission.
It was not just for money. Prince Carl said it very clearly. Prussia still owes Xiao Letian a favor. During the Prussian War, the Chinese bleed a lot. It was not the Prussian character who knew the grace but did not repay the favor. Therefore, the three hundred veterans were very attentive to this mission, and there was no situation of disobeying the emperor at all. They were all given to them.
Five flying scissors are now anchored on the Baltic Sea, not only filled with the best anthracite, but also a complete set of precision processing instruments.
According to the previous agreement, Xiao Letian provided scientific research and construction funds, but in the end, he not only had to give Ryukyu an iron armored ship, but also a complete set of production equipment.
Xiao Letian can buy equipment with low technical content in Ryukyu and can just bring drawings, but some precision lathes, boring machines, planing machines, drilling machines and other industrial mother machines that are prohibited from being sold to the outside world have to be secretly packed and shipped.
Everything is top secret. Not to mention this Zhiyuan ship, if Britain and France know that Prussia dared to sell the most core precision instruments to the Chinese, they would have to intercept the ocean like crazy.
The dry dock was in full swing, and the Wing King actually saw Steven, Daniel and Grant among the Prussian sailors.
"Steven, Daniel, Grant? Why are you here too?" the Wing King roared.
With a bang, the three of them wanted to salute the Wing King and smiled and said, "We just came from Ruhr and led our troops to escort the best anthracite to deliver it here... We didn't expect to see the familiar Chinese figure here, so we took the initiative to ask the prince to join the mission..."
"The prince has approved our application...we can go to Asia and see the old squad leader!"
At this time, Xiang Ying in the distance yelled at the three of them, "Steven, come here to sign for... Have you tested the 600 armor-piercing bombs? Daniel... Come here to count the number of gunpowder packs!"
"And you, Grant... took the arms list to check the number of torpedoes, right? We don't have time to waste..."
"Yes! Captain..." The three of them smiled at the Wing King and turned their heads and ran back to work.
"The world is the same for the luck! If you can cooperate with Prussia to this extent, money alone cannot be used, and feelings alone cannot be used. If you are not very familiar with Prussia's national strategy, you will not be able to make such a perfect plan... Brother Xiao, how did you have this brain?"
In fact, it was not only the Wing King who was lamenting, but Prince Carl and Prime Minister Bismarck were also surprised. In a secret branch of a Vulkeng shipyard in the south of Szczechin, the Prince and the Prime Minister were inspecting this warship that was exactly the same as the Zhiyuan.
This was approved by the Zhiyuan who changed his mind after completing 60%, so the 00-model warship has not been completely completed at this moment, but the structure has been completed.
"I can't refuse! I know that Xiao Letian is desperately stealing our European technology, and I know that he is using the power of Prussia to develop himself, but I can't refuse!"
Carl, who was standing beside Pesme, sighed, "Yes! He moved with emotion and benefited him. This made it difficult for us to refuse. What's more important is that he actually took every step to the point!"
"Any decision made by Xiao Letian seems to be deliberately cooperating with our Prussian rise strategy. We have brought troops to the war against Austria. Now we are provoking conflicts in the succession of the Spanish throne. Rather than escorting the Zhiyuan back to Asia, we are actually very clear that this is our strategy!"
"You can't refuse. This method of following your grand strategy and then nailing down your nails is really too clever!"
The relationship between Prince Carl and Prime Minister Besmer has been well restored in the past two years. The two can now conduct in-depth discussions on the grand strategy.
"What are you going to do about Spain?" Carl asked respectfully.
Bisme smiled, "Napoleon III was a very irritable and easy to get ahead. All I had to do was to anger him and then retreat... By that time, this person who didn't know how to advance and retreat would definitely chase and fight back. My ambush circle was set for him!"
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