In the winter of 1660 AD, on the island of Liugong Island in Weihai, this subway was filled with clouds, with a total of 50 main iron armored ships, armored cruisers and torpedo boats conducting exercises here.

The artillery once again covered part of the island.

Not only the fleet, but some firearms that were kept secret from the outside were trained on the island. The eight-meter-long and three-meter-high tracked armored vehicles covered a group of infantry attacking a fortress that was targeted, and black smoke rolled.

The four major Han-class main iron-clad ships, "Chinese Wen", "Han Jing", "Han Wu", and "Guangwu" collectively appeared in Weihaiwei for the first time.

After serving, they were only active in China's own waters, as a secret trump card.

The Daqin-class main ironclad ship "Huo Qubing", which is older than the main ironclad ship of the Dahan class, and the two main ironclad ships "Wei Qing" participated in the exercise for the last time, and then they will be retired.

The main ironclad ship of the Dahan class has already used a turret structure, equipped with rapid-fire cannons, and 305-caliber cannons.

The torpedo boat is also equipped with the latest torpedo technology, which can use a new weapon like torpedo within a few hundred meters to attack.

In addition to the firearms produced by its own arsenal, this fleet can be said to be invincible in the world.

It is also a pity that it is impossible to find an opponent.

Chu Yun stood on the lighthouse of Weihaiwei Naval Base and watched this huge exercise, and couldn't help but sigh.

Now this fleet is still moving towards becoming stronger without an opponent, and it is hard to imagine what it will be like in the future.

"The design plan for the third generation of ironclad ships, the Imperial Shipyard is already considering. They are under great pressure because without war and opponents, they cannot imagine what the next generation of ironclad ships should look like." Zheng Zhilong, as the Minister of the Navy, said on the side.

This is really a difficult problem.

Chu Yun realized that the technology development on his side was too fast, and it was a terrible thing to make his technology progress to the point where there were no opponents.

A long time ago, the ancients said that if you enter, you cannot pass the family and your soldiers, and if you leave, you will be invincible with foreign patients and your country will die.

Without external troubles, the dividends of technology will soon be replaced by self-confidence.

Without Chu Yun's promotion, the first generation of Daqin-class ironclad ships would be enough to defeat Western countries, and the shipyards would not have the motivation to study the second generation ironclad ships.

Even if the Imperial Shipyard still wants to develop the second-generation ironclad ship, the government may not place an order.

During the First Industrial Revolution, the empire was the only one that stood out, but the second Industrial Revolution was stolen by Prussia, France and America.

Chu Yun really couldn't guarantee whether the next person would set him down and destroy him in a good game.

Especially without the industrial revolution system, will people in this land continue to make rapid progress in technological breakthroughs?

And what is the origin of this industrial system that carries later technologies?

The sound of artillery from the main battleship of the Han-class made Chu Yun come to his senses.

Chu Yun patiently watched the training of the ironclad ship. Only part of this incredible fleet was displayed outside the sea. In this way, it could shock all enemies overseas.

"Maybe I can give the third generation of ironclad ships in the Empire Shipyard. But at that time it should not be called ironclad ships, but battleships."

Chu Yun then walked down the lighthouse with the officers of the Navy and said, "It is even possible to build a steam giant ship that can carry biplane propeller aircraft."

Zheng Zhilong said in surprise: "The space on the deck of the steamship is inherently limited, so it is difficult to use it to install a turret. As far as the subordinates know, a biplane propeller aircraft requires a relatively long runway. If the deck of the steamship becomes a runway, then wouldn't it be possible to install artillery without a land?"

Chu Yun shook his head: "Steam ships equipped with biplane do not need to rely on artillery, the main force of combat is biplane. Just imagine that biplane is faster than a ship and can carry a large amount of explosives. The opponent's artillery can sink it if it is still outside the range. So what else do we need artillery to do?"

Zheng Zhilong and a group of naval officers were somewhat shocked after hearing the idea proposed by Chu Yun.

The Admiralty has just confirmed the theory of winning artillery, and now it is a torpedo boat and a carrier-based aircraft.

Is the cannon era going to end before it even begins?

The carrier-based aircraft that Chu Yun mentioned is actually not necessarily a difficult task. With biplane and ironclad ships, they may be able to build a simple aircraft carrier after combining the two.

Chu Yun and others came out of the lighthouse, and an official said to Chu Yun: "Sir, the ambassadors of various countries have arrived in the capital."

Chu Yun nodded: "I understand, I'll go back now."

Every ten years, the World Expo will be held in the capital to show its strength to other civilizations, and at the same time, urging the local people to come up with new technologies every year, otherwise it will be embarrassing.

At the Second World Expo, Chu Yun did not bring envoys from various countries to visit the ironclad ship exercises.

Ten years ago, the envoys from various countries had already seen the terrible 24 steam armored ships on Liugong Island. The idea that the Eastern fleet was invincible was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so there was no need to specifically deter them. The West was still studying how to build a steam engine.

Now this fleet has reached an amazing scale of 50 steam armored ships, which is completely enough to serve as a world military policeman in the era of wooden sailing.

Chu Yun also figured it out that maintaining too many iron-armored ships in peacetime will be too burdened with the financial burden.

With the technology and raw materials, it is certainly very good to build a large number of ships, but it must be maintained after it is built. It also needs to be matched with corresponding personnel and equipment and supply bases. The cost of maintaining the fleet is only much greater than that of shipbuilding.

Chu Yun now sets the development plan for the Navy Department to maintain a fleet that can patrol the three oceans, and then develop new ships, each new ship can symbolically produce several to replace the old ships.

There are no need for too many fleets, but we must constantly develop new ships, and have the productivity and resource reserves of explosive ships. When needed, we can continuously produce ironclad ships for emergency response.

Chu Yun stayed in Weihaiwei for a day and returned to the capital on the main ironclad ship of the Hanwu the next day.

The Hanwu is the third ship of the Dahan-class ironclad ship. It is equipped with a 305-caliber breech main gun and a 37-caliber rapid-fire gun. Its combat capabilities are desperate, both long-range and short-range.

Perhaps the only ones who can deal with the "Hanwu" are other ironclad ships and torpedo boats that are also Dahan-class ironclad ships.

"Only a powerful fleet can protect Changsha, Shitang, and all over the world."

After Chu Yun was equipped with four ships of the Dahan-class ironclad ship, his goal had basically been achieved.

Wherever he saw, it was blue.

On both sides of the "Hanwu", are steamships that are also emitting black smoke. They and the Hanwu leave white wave marks on the sea!

"The system comes out."

When Chu Yun left some trump cards for his descendants, there was one thing to solve.
Chapter completed!