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By the way, the railway was completely denied by you. What should I do if the cargo transportation and passenger transportation are done?

The answer is very simple, airships. The cost of transporting a ton of cargo by airships is 70% less than that of airplanes, 90% less than that of helicopters, and half less than trains.

For passenger transport, you can take a plane for urgent matters, not rush to take an airship with a speed of 60 kilometers per hour. As for safety, the safety of the airship with mixed air is still very guaranteed.

Although the cost of airships is slightly higher, the cost of railways, locomotives and post-maintenance is not low.

The existing one may not be the most reasonable. After people find cheap, safe and reasonable mixture ratios, the interests of the railway group are so strong that they are unshakable.

And here, what Zhang Cheng recommended to Li Hongzhang and Li Hanzhang brothers was a mixed airship. If he was fighting for railways, Beiyang would be far behind. Even if he opened several steel factories now, the steel for producing weapons would not be enough. How could he be rich to lay the railway tracks?

The domestic steel in later generations was truly rich.

In terms of absolute speed, airships may not be as fast as trains of this era, but airships do not need to eat coal and water - just use batteries and solar panels. They are energy-saving and environmentally friendly.

This is Zhang Cheng’s follow-up plan. Of course, the shipping is definitely the cheapest. Most of the shipping on land can be handed over to airships.

The plan is a county that transports people and goods between townships and towns in the county, dozens of medium-sized airships in a prefecture, and transports people and goods between counties. A province that transports people and goods between hundreds of large and medium-sized airships in a prefecture, and transports people and goods between provinces and provincial capitals.

It's simply perfect. The bandits and the like are completely unemployed.

Lao Li also agrees with Zhang Cheng's airship plan. It looks different from that in China and abroad. The United States, India and Europe are actually very suitable for railway construction. China is different. The mountains and rivers in the north and the plateaus are densely covered with water networks in the south. Even if the railway is built on the Henan plain, there is also a problem of building the Yellow River Bridge.

Moreover, airship troop transporters can completely penetrate directly behind enemy lines, forming a siege against the enemy, even saving paratroopers - parachuting is also very dangerous.

Zhang Cheng's argument is reasonable and well-founded, even an old fox like Lao Li believed it. Anyway, airship factories have been built in Guangdong and Tianjin, so we won't look at advertisements to see the efficacy.

Anyway, Zhang Cheng is not a factory with free aid, so this is all transactions, because Lao Li is more at ease when it comes to transactions.

As the saying goes, there is no need to be a traitor or a thief. How can there be any love without reason?

Before entering Beijing, Zhang Cheng was discussing business with Li Hongzhang when he was quitting and giving in. Now Beiyang is the big one, and Zhang Cheng no longer cared about Li Hanzhang.

Because this time, it may be against the invincible fleet of the British Empire, the largest in the world, and the iron-clad ship of a million tons. Even if Lao Li is a figure, he is still a little scared.

Before entering Beijing, I wanted to ask how many warships and weapons Zhang Cheng could prepare.

Moreover, even if all warships and weapons can be provided, personnel are also a problem. The Beiyang Navy has been able to board ships until now, and there are only more than 10,000 people. If one is really going to come, one million iron-clad ships with a crew of about 300 and a full crew of 350, the minimum amount is to be calculated, and more than 30,000 trained sailors and officers are required.

There is a naval school in Beiyang, but the scale is not enough now. That naval school can only train a few hundred people to graduate from the naval officers and soldiers every year. And the officers and soldiers who graduated this year should have boarded the ship in advance and participated in the half-time actual naval battle. Now they are qualified naval officers and soldiers in Beiyang.

Zhang Cheng thought it was unnecessary for Lao Li to worry about: "As long as you have enough golden nanmu and jade on your hands, I won't say how many ironclad ships I have here need. It's no problem to kill the entire European Combined Fleet. Are there personnel? Just rent them for the time being. Wait until Beiyang's own people are trained and then slowly change them.

Here is the data of the British monarchy number, with a displacement of about 14,000 tons to more than 15,000 tons. The military equipment is four 343mm double main turrets, and it is still a fire-retarding fire, but I think it will be replaced after the Yellow Sea War, as well as 10 152 speed-retarding guns, more than a dozen 57/47mm speed-retarding guns, and very dangerous torpedo tubes. The speed is sixteen knots.

Using the current ten-ton ironclad ship, that is, the two ships in Xinding Town, it is still a bit of a loss to face the Junquan one-on-one. However, we have ironclad ships that are stronger than the Junquan. Look at the drawings.

The empty load displacement is 15,000 tons, and the full load displacement is 17,500 tons. The three double-connected 305 mm and 52-diameter main turrets in the central axis branch have a longer range and more accurate make the shells penetrate more powerful. Although the caliber is about 40 mm less than the British, the power of the artillery does not depend entirely on the thickness of the barrel. Our high-explosive bombs and armor-piercing explosive bombs were all satisfactory in the Battle of the Yellow Sea. Their power was excellent and received unanimous praise from the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Navy.

We also have 10 secondary guns of 150mm rapid-fire guns, and 22 37mm six-barrel machine guns. The thickness and strength of the armor on the ship exceed the Junquan-class iron armored battleships. The speed also crushes the Junquan-class battleships. They also have a maximum speed of 18 knots without pressurization, and the instantaneous speed of pressurization can be at least 20.5 knots.

More importantly, this ship uses a large number of automatic installation technology. Such a large armored battleship does not require 500 people, 400 people, 350 people, and 300 people. Just 220 people is enough."

What else can Lao Li say: "Okay, good ships. I heard that there are eight British monarchs, so we can't suffer any loss. I still have a batch of gold-silicon nanmu furniture. According to the tonnage, I will first have ten ships. What is the name of this kind of battleship?"

This time, the battleship and the two ships Dingzhen were much different. The style and tonnage were closer to later generations. Of course, it was slightly worse than the dauntless battleship. The biggest pleasure of bullying people was not crushing, but that you were always a little stronger than the enemy. This little bit was all-round. Although it was only a little stronger in all aspects, it was also a powerful force that made the enemy helpless.

Of course, if Zhang Cheng wants to, he can take out Yamato-class battleships or even stronger Fantasy-class battleships. But it is not boring to crush them like that.

When the British change to the Fearless Class Battleship, we will get on the Super Fearless Class Battleship again. It feels so good to make the enemy despair a little bit. I can't stop at all, hahahaha.

Of course, Zhang Cheng would not be so stupid as to name himself, and Zhang Cheng's family has difficulty naming. For this kind of thing, it's better to find a talented man - Li Hongzhang was also a Jinshi.

"I don't have a name yet, please give me a name."

Li Hongzhang touched his beard and thought: "The meaning of the two ships in Dingzhen is quite good. These ten main battleships are worse than to be named Dingdong, Dingxi, Dingnan, Dingbei, and Dingbian. As well as Zhendong, Zhennan, Zhenxi, Zhenbei and Zhenyang."
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