"This time, the Weihaiwei exercise is divided into two parts. One part is the battle between warships and warships. We will divide it into two fleets to fight and simulate fighting on the sea; the other part is the landing operation to capture the coastal defense turret, simulating a landing battle, and the battlefield will be on Liugong Island."

Zheng Zhilong, who is about to become the Minister of the Navy, gestured on the map of Weihaiwei, and pointed to the location of Liugong Island.

"Follow the plan you have formulated. I am one of the members of the observation group this time. I look forward to your next performance." Chu Yun said.

"Yes!" The officers and soldiers were all facing a great enemy.

Chu Yun came to observe this exercise of the joint fleet composed entirely of steam iron armored ships. They had to make every effort to prepare, fearing that something would go wrong.

Chu Yun allowed the senior officials of the Navy to formulate plans for this joint exercise.

This joint exercise is a tactical content. It is this group of senior executives who conduct tactical deployment when a war breaks out. Chu Yun is only responsible for the strategic deployment of the fleet. If he really wants to intervene in person, he will disrupt the deployment.

While he was busy preparing for the Navy, he patrolled the Weihaiwei Naval Base.

Weihaiwei has a dock, ammunition depot, barracks, hospitals, and coastal defense fortresses, which can be said to be completely built according to the standards of modern naval bases.

"The main materials are transported by ships by sea. We are also digging roads on land to try to transport some of the materials to the port by land." An official from the Weihaiwei Logistics Department explained the situation here to Chu Yun.

Chu Yun nodded slightly. It is best to be able to defend the enemy from outside the country's gates, that is, to defeat the enemy's fleet on the outside seas. If the enemy's fleet blocks the port, it depends on whether the port can be defended from land.

Chu Yun is still very concerned about the construction of Weihaiwei. It is estimated that only Lushun Wei can replace the position here in the future.

Chu Yun simply checked the situation of Weihaiwei and then arrived at the Eastern Passengership.

As he said, this time he was the role of the observation group. He also wanted to use this unprecedented exercise to put pressure on other civilizations in the world, so that they could have a huge gap between the two sides and an invincible east.

"Mr. Chu, your fleet is really terrifying, and it's too many. When we were fighting you in Europe a few years ago, we learned that you were only five ironclad ships. I didn't expect to see 24 ironclad ships here, nearly five times the number at that time." Queen Christina of Sweden participated in the Battle of Dunes in Dunkirk. When she saw Chu Yun coming to the Oriental, she said to him.

"This is already all our steamboats, so you can barely get by." Chu Yun replied.

Be able to pass by barely?

The princes and nobles on the deck of the Orient didn't know what to say. In the premise that there was no steamship in other kingdoms, you all had 24 ironclad ships, but they were barely able to get through it? So what about the kingdom without steamships?

Chu Yun thought to himself that he did admit that this was all steamships, but the Empire Shipyard has accumulated experience and technology in producing steam iron armored ships. As long as there are enough resources, a large number of groundwater ships can be used at any time!

"The exercise will start tomorrow. Please give our soldiers some time to prepare. We will hold a small banquet on the Oriental today." Chu Yun said.

The small banquet was held on the Oriental, but everyone was surprised to be anchored in the numerous steam iron armored ships of Weihaiwei, and they were not in much mood to enjoy the banquet itself.

On the night in Weihaiwei, the sea breeze was gentle, and some of the buildings in Weihaiwei actually had lights. As an important military stronghold, it was not surprising that there was a generator here.

The banquet for the Oriental passenger ship was not over yet, with candles lit on the dining table on the deck, and incandescent lamps hanging in some dark corners.

This is like a luxurious passenger ship, or the original position of the Oriental is the first luxury passenger ship.

"Mr. Chu, I heard that your Beijing University has a special overseas overseas, allowing people from overseas to go in and study. I wonder if our Tsarist Russia can organize a group of international students to come to the Beijing University. I think this should promote exchanges between us and maintain peace on the border." Princess Irina of Tsarist Russia applied to Chu Yun.

"How do you know about this?" Chu Yun thought of the money-lotting project of the Overseas International University of the Kyoto University was established by him for the money he used to cheat samurai students. There was no core technology taught, but only some general knowledge.

"Your son," Irina replied.

"So it's him..." Chu Yun nodded, "Of course you can come to study abroad. And I'm just about to talk to you Tsar about something."

Now Chu Yun has seized most of Siberia, and the Tsarist Russian Empire can no longer become a powerful opponent.

"What's going on?" Irina was deeply surprised.

"I want to build a railway, from the capital through the Siberian plains, extending to Moscow, and then leading to the continental countries, turning the world into a whole. My meaning is not to invade Tsarist Russia, but to exist at the same time in different civilizations, but in terms of economy and communication, it is a whole world." Chu Yun put forward a bold idea.

Since most of Siberia has been taken over, in order to strengthen its rule over Siberia and obtain resources, it is necessary to build a railway in Siberia to transport coal, wood, ore, cement, metal and grain back to its homeland.

The reason for extending it to Moscow and even Western Europe is that it is the dual purpose of trade and military.

It will take quite a while to travel to Europe by steamboat, but it will take a long time to use the Siberian Railway to transport troops to Moscow, or even Western Europe. It will not take long. It is faster than to get to Western Europe by sea, and you can reach the city at any time!

Of course, this also has risks.

First of all, the construction of the Siberian Railway requires huge funds and a huge amount of manpower, which often takes more than ten years.

The second is the change in national strength. If there is turmoil in the local area, the Siberian Railway will be controlled by Tsarist Russia, the other side will also use the Siberian Railway to transport troops to counter-respond.

It is worth considering to weigh the pros and cons of it in this way.

However, Chu Yun still believes that with the current development prospects of Chinese civilization, he should be the party that controls the Siberian Railway.

It is really tempting to build a large railway that leads directly to Moscow, across the Eastern European plains, and directly to Western Europe.
Chapter completed!