Chu Yun personally brought a group of officials to the deck, and many officials were amazed by the special design of the iron shell hull.

In the past, sail warships tried their best to pursue multi-layer artillery decks, while this ironclad ship had only one armored artillery deck with twenty 40-pound artillery pieces.

Although its hull is much longer than the Victory, if we only talk about the number of artillery fire, it seems to be much weaker than the Victory, which is equipped with 100 artillery pieces.

"In the past, the more artillery the ships, the better? Why did this expensive ironclad ship only have 22 artillery?" Some senior military officials asked in confusion when they saw that there were only two artillery and several salutes on the upper deck.

"In the past, the more artillery, the better. However, times are changing. Now it is important that as long as the ship is solid, the caliber of the artillery must be large. One hundred small-powered artillery may not be able to defeat an opponent's ship. But if there is a kind of artillery that can destroy the enemy's warship with one shell, then this artillery will be better than one hundred artillery." Chu Yun said.

Perhaps people in this era are still stuck in the concept of winning by the number of artillery, but Chu Yun was not greatly influenced by this concept because he knew that large-caliber artillery was the key to winning.

Chu Yun and others first walked around the deck, and everyone was amazed at the chimney and exhaust outlet of the steam engine. The captain took them into the cabin. The officers and soldiers in the cabin saw the rulers of the empire coming to inspect, and were prepared to clean up the cabin.

"Mr. Master, do you see if this ironclad ship can be placed under the jurisdiction of our Zhili fleet to protect Kyoto?" Nelson rubbed his hands, and his palms were sweating.

Although he took the initiative to propose to Chu Yun to build a steam iron armored ship, it does not mean that Chu Yun will divide this iron armored ship into the Zhili fleet he led. The use of iron armored ships still depends on actual needs.

"Our capital has always been peaceful. The Zhili fleet has enough warships to guard the capital. I think this ironclad ship will be given to the Fourth Fleet." Chu Yun patted his father-in-law on the shoulder.

"Fourth Fleet?!" Nelson was shocked.

He originally thought that the ironclad ship would most likely be in the Zhili fleet. Even if it was not intercepted by the Zhili fleet, it would be intercepted by the Nanyang fleet, which was in the war with the indigenous kingdoms in the South China Sea. However, Chu Yun's decision surprised him greatly.

"Yes, the Fourth Fleet." Chu Yun took his men to the cabin and walked onto the deck along the stairs.

"I don't understand very well that the Fourth Fleet is far away in London. It is just used to protect our caravans and has not declared war with any European country. In theory, the Fourth Fleet has enough power to protect our merchant ships and has become a force on the English Channel that cannot be underestimated. Why should we send the most powerful ironclad ship of the Admiralty to Europe?" Nelson asked in confusion.

"Although the South China Sea Fleet was sweeping pirates and destroying possible remaining ships from the indigenous kingdoms at this time, the ships in Southeast Asia were just small sailboats. In order to deal with several large sailboats of the Portuguese, the indigenous kingdom sent hundreds of small boats to siege, but they were still defeated. Fighting such enemies, the ironclad ships could not be trained at all. It would be better to send it to the West to fight against the navies of European countries and temper the real ironclad ship troops." Chu Yun regarded Europe as a trial site for the new troops.

In his opinion, Nanyang was fighting with the backward indigenous kingdoms, using the strategy of slowly eroding them. The main reason why we can do this is that they are right at home and others can't take them away even if they want to.

But it’s different in Europe. If you want to establish your authority, you have to become famous in one battle!

Spanish privateers dared to attack Chinese merchant ships because they believed that China did not have the ability to cross the huge ocean to carry out major expeditions!

Nelson pondered for a moment, and he seemed to realize that Chu Yun was not just about training troops.

"Does the military leader want to interfere in European affairs?" Nelson remembers well that Europe is now in the 30th Years' War, and most of Europe is in war. Chu Yun is likely to take this opportunity to interfere in European affairs.

If Chu Yun is based on this purpose, then everything will be explained.

"We go to conduct 'free trade' with the purpose of peace, but our merchants will inevitably be robbed by both warring parties. In order to better protect our merchants, we need to establish prestige in Europe so that they will retreat whenever they see the dragon flag ships." Chu Yun said with confidence.

"Yes..." Nelson muttered in his heart. This was clearly a blatant intervention in Europe under the guise of protecting the merchants.

"Although we are still a neutral country now, you have to consider that our ironclad ship will take a lot of time to set sail from here to Europe. If something big happens in Europe, when someone comes back to report the news, it will take a lot of time to go back and forth. At that time, it will be too late for us to organize troops to go to Europe. Therefore, a powerful force is needed to station in the military port there, and we can adapt to the situation." Chu Yun said.

"Can one of the two 1,200-ton armored patrol ships being designed by Shipbuilding Factory, allocate one of them to our Zhili fleet?" Seeing that it was impossible to get the most powerful armored cruiser, Nelson put his ideas on two small and medium-sized armored patrol ships for defense of local coastal areas.

"No problem, you have one Zhili fleet and one for the Nanyang fleet." Chu Yun seemed very casual about the allocation of two 1,200-ton armored patrol ships that had not yet begun to be built.

The 1200-ton ironclad ship was just to enrich the ranks of steamships in the Navy. Chu Yun’s expectation was to build a medium- and large ironclad ship with a capacity of more than 3,000 tons, such as the "secret class", or even a steam battleship of more than 10,000 tons.

"This 'secret class' steam iron armored cruiser has not been named. If the army leader wants to send it to Europe for missions, it is best to give it a name." Nelson and a group of naval officers asked Chu Yun for his order.

"Is it named... General Fubo was established in the Han Dynasty. Fubo's mission was to subdue Fubo, and Ma Yuan, who served as General Fubo, was a person I have always admired. It is better to be the name of the first secret-class iron armored ship, "General Fubo". I hope it can cut the wind and waves all the way to the West." Chu Yun personally named the first military iron armored ship.

This first ironclad ship has just been formed and is about to travel to Europe for a tour!
Chapter completed!