Chapter 538 Joint Military Exercise (3)
In one night, the People's Army built more than 20 tents on the island and cleaned up a large piece of open space, which not only left the Japanese army to camp, but also marked a simple football field.
It was not until the afternoon of the next day that the Japanese fleet arrived at Beihuangcheng Island and anchored on the east side of the island. Wang Hailong, Han, Sa Zhenbing and others stood on the top of the Brandenburg and looked towards the direction of the Japanese fleet. They saw that the Japanese fleet's warships all used red waterlines, black hulls, white cabins, goose yellow chimneys and masts, which looked very bright. This painting method was first developed by the British Navy and was called Victorian painting. Due to the distinctive contrast of colors, it looked extremely gorgeous and imposing, and was widely used by all countries.
However, such painting is not conducive to hidden cover during battles. Therefore, when war breaks out, all countries will change to other colors based on the actual battlefield. The most common painting method is that the waterline is dark red, and the entire hull is rat gray or blue gray. Later, camouflage colors are displayed, which are called wartime paintings. For example, several warships captured by the People's Army Navy use wartime paintings, while the warships sent by Japan use Victorian paintings because they perform non-combat tasks.
Compared with the two, of course, the Japanese warships appear more majestic and gorgeous. The four of them are all large warships, which are not inferior to the Brandenburg. Their structure is more beautiful, and their colors are bright and bright. No matter how good the combat effectiveness is, they will first overwhelm the People's Army Navy in terms of appearance.
Han put down the telescope in his hand and said, "Don't say it, the little Japanese warship is so well painted, Xiao Huang, what do you often say on the Internet?"
Huang Zhe was busy taking photos of Japanese warships and said, "What are you asking about? Is it 'appearance is combat effectiveness'? Or 'democratic painting'?"
Han He laughed and said, "Yes, it should be these two sentences. But it does seem much taller than us, right?"
Huang Zhe said: "Of course, these four warships are the latest warships of this era, and they are not comparable to those of our half-baked battleships."
Sa Zhenbing faintly heard five or six points of their conversation. Although Sa Zhenbing could understand every word, it made Sa Zhenbing confused and confused when they were connected. However, at this time, his mind was not on this, but was attracted by these Japanese warships. Although Sa Zhenbing knew that Japan had expanded the scale of its navy after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and purchased several large warships in succession, because the Qing court did not pay attention to external intelligence collection and the reconstruction of the Beiyang Navy was difficult, Sa Zhenbing did not know the details. Now, he could not help but be shocked. Just looking at the appearance of these warships, he knew that the combat power was not in Dingyuan. Under Zhenbing, he could not have imagined that the Sino-Japanese War of 1895 had only ended for five years, and the Japanese navy had already left the Qing Dynasty far behind.
Sa Zhenbing was secretly looking at Wang Hailong, but saw that he looked disdainful. When he thought of the other people's remarks just now, although he couldn't understand their words, his opinion did not seem to take the Japanese warship seriously, so he also asked intentionally: "Wang Junmen, what do you think of these Japanese warships?"
Wang Hailong smiled, stomped his feet hard, and said, "It's not bad, but it's much better than our current broken ship."
Sa Zhenbing could naturally hear the implication that it was stronger than the Brandenburg ship, but it was not as good as the warships brought by overseas Chinese, so he felt a little calmer and said, "I can tell if I don't know what Wang Junmen said."
Wang Hailong looked at Sa Zhenbing, then turned around and said, "Captain Huang, come and introduce the situation of these Japanese warships to Sa Junmen."
Huang Zhe hurried over and told Sa Zhenbing about the detailed performance data, construction procedures, design ideas of the four warships, including the battleships Fuji, Yashima, the armored cruiser Asama, and the Takabashi. After that, he was still interested in it. He also explained the performance data of Japan's "Six Six Fleet" plan and several other warships.
After listening to Huang Zhe's speech, Sa Zhenbing was shocked. On the one hand, he did not expect that Japan would have such a big move. He thought that this was the entire strength of the Japanese navy, but he did not expect that it was only one-third weaker, because these two battleships were the weakest of the "Six Six Fleet". If Sa Zhenbing could use "look at the back" to describe the gap between the Qing and Japanese navy just now, and after knowing the "Six Six Fleet", he could only say that it was "out of reach". The gap was so big that it made people feel desperate.
On the other hand, Sa Zhenbing did not expect that overseas Chinese would know so much about Japan's naval expansion plan. Even the parameters and details of each warship were as clear as one's hand. Such intelligence capabilities were even more amazing. Behind such intelligence capabilities, there was absolutely a huge power hidden. It turned out that Sa Zhenbing thought he had at least seven or eight points of overseas Chinese, but now it seems that overseas Chinese still have many abilities that they don't know. This can be seen that Wang Hailong did not speak loudly just now, and overseas Chinese really didn't take the Japanese fleet seriously.
At this moment, someone came to report to Wang Hailong that the Japanese fleet had sent people over. So Wang Hailong led everyone back to the deck of the warship to meet the visitor.
The representative sent by the Japanese side was Akiyama Matsuyuki. After meeting Wang Hailong, he first conveyed the greetings of Japanese fleet commander Hirahachiro Togo, and then explained that the Japanese fleet would set up camp on the island tonight, and suggested that the commanders of both sides meet on the island at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning to officially hold a party.
Wang Hailong had no objection to the Japanese side's suggestion and gave Japan a map of Beihuang City Island, which clearly marked the scope of the camps between the two sides, and agreed that the activities of each party were in public areas, and soldiers from both sides could not enter the camps at will at will. In addition, several areas such as officer exchange areas, military stationed areas, military exchange areas and military competitive areas were designated in the public areas. In addition, both sides could each bring 50 guards to protect their commanders, and except for the guards, soldiers were not allowed to carry any weapons after leaving the camp. Tonight, both sides could send a responsible officer to leave and negotiate the arrangement of the public areas.
Akiyama Masao thought about it and had no objection to such a division. Then he said goodbye to Wang Hailong and brought the map back to the Japanese fleet's flagship Fuji. The Japanese fleet immediately began to build a floating bridge dock, and transported various supplies to the island to build tents, and set up camps in the designated area.
The next morning, Wang Hailong and the captains of each ship got ashore at 7:30 and temporarily rested in the camp. When it was 8:00 and 5:00, Wang Hailong led Sa Zhenbing and the captains of each ship out of the camp and came to the officer exchange area in the public area.
At this time, in the middle of the officer exchange area, a long table was placed, about 10 meters long and about 2.5 meters wide, and was covered with white tablecloths. Two seats were placed directly in front, 15 chairs were placed on each side, and various wine glasses, dining plates, bowls, chopsticks, knives and forks were placed on the table. On both sides of the table, more than ten sets of round tables and chairs were placed directly in front of the table. In the direction of the table facing the sea, a dark blue curtain was surrounded by a background, and the flags of both sides were placed on both sides. The Japanese side was the national flag plaster flag and the navy's rising sun flag. In addition to the five-star red flag and the August 1st military flag, the Yellow Dragon Flag of the Beiyang Navy was also the Yellow Dragon Flag of the Beiyang Navy. The chefs from both sides were in place behind the curtain, each setting fire, frying, cooking and frying, which was very lively and the fragrance continued to come.
The officer team of both sides attended the party came to the officer exchange area almost at the same time. Wang Hailong looked around and saw that the Japanese army was a short and thin person with a serious face and a sharp look. Although it was the first time he saw a real person, Wang Hailong had seen many photos of him. This person was Lieutenant General Heihachi, the commander of the Japanese fleet.
Although in the old time and space, Togo Heihachiro was known as the war god of the Japanese Navy, like Akiyama Masao, it was all about the aftermath of the Russo-Japanese War. Now Togo Heihachiro is just a commander of the Japanese Navy, and there are at least 4 or 5 people of similar status as him, and there is nothing special about it.
When the two sides met, Wang Hailong and Togo Heihachiro shook hands with each other and expressed their greetings to each other. Wang Hailong was also slightly excited because although Japan boasted about Togo Heihachiro, in the history of the world, from modern naval history, Togo Heihachiro did have a place. In addition, although Togo Heihachiro's historical status was established by the Battle of Tsuma in the Russo-Japanese War, Togo Heihachiro was also full of sins for China. Not only did he participate in the Battle of Dadonggo as the Captain of the Lang; but also in the Gengzi Kingdom, Togo Heihachiro led the Japanese fleet to China to participate in the war. Therefore, for time travelers, Togo Heihachiro was also an executioner full of blood from the Chinese people, and he would be dealt with sooner or later.
Of course, the two sides are still in a cooperative relationship, so Wang Hailong is also a show-off. First, the commanders of both sides said, so Wang Hailong talked about Sino-Japanese friendship. They are both pornographic ethnic groups in East Asia and should work together to deal with white people in Europe and the United States, and talked endlessly for 20 minutes. In contrast, what Togo Hirahachiro said was much simpler. He ended in less than two minutes, which seemed very inferior in eloquence.
In fact, most of Wang Hailong's words were the remarks of great public intellectuals in the old time and space. They were used now and used in one set after another, talking endlessly. After saying this, Wang Hailong also felt that he was too shameless and could actually speak without trusting himself at all, as if the truth was true.
Chapter completed!