Chapter 431: Joint exercise

Yangzhou Xinjing Port, with a total length of 450 kilometers, originates from the Lianshan River (Yakui River) in the mountainous area to the east of Xing'an House (Pasu Fengdu), and flows halfway from south to east, and forms the Guazhou River (Xinjing Port) Guayba River), flows into Lake Penze (Patus Lagoon), then passes through the northern tip of Hetao County (Perotas), and finally flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
Lianshan River is one of the most important and strategically important water systems in South America and South Korea.
Relying on the Lianshanhe river system, the large coalfield minerals (San Geronimo Coal Mine) in Hexi County (Santa Maria) and other areas in Yangzhou can be quickly and easily transported to Xing'an through water transport. At the same time, with the help of the Lianshan River water system, Xing'an Province and the heavy industry industrial area around the river basin, various types of industrial products produced can also be sold to local and overseas regions by water transport and sea transportation.
The Lianshan River has a large water flow and fertile land in the surrounding area. It has both the largest heavy industrial base in China and excellent climate conditions for agricultural development. Therefore, during the reconstruction of the Xing'an River (Primero) Hydropower Station, the local Water engineering experts have also begun to assess the possibility of constructing a hydroelectric power station in the Lianshanhe water system. If the evaluation results meet the requirements, then within the next five years, the Lianshanhe Hydropower Station is likely to become the second large-scale hydropower plant in formal operation in China. Power station.
The lake breeze was rippling, and the rice was fragrant. Twenty years ago, here, a batch of landless immigrants who boarded ocean-going transport vessels, along the wide watercourse of Pengze Lake, embarked on the road of regeneration in another country.
On the west bank of Pengze Lake, a low-lying area of ​​about 290 kilometers in length, has been carefully cultivated into neat ridges and paddy fields by people from the bottom of southern Fujian and Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Porto Alegre, a port town named by the Portuguese settlers, has also become a dual-use military-civilian port with a maximum displacement of 9,000 tons under the construction of Chinese immigrants and the Han army.
Time has witnessed the ups and downs of the Xinjing area, and also witnessed the arduous course of the rise of the South American Han country.
Xinjing Port and Lake Pengze, an obscure waterway that was previously unknown under the rule of the Brazilian Empire, have now become strategic transportation lines of vital importance for the South American nation.
Atlantic coast from Dongsheng County (Joevia) in the north
, Xinghe County (Floria) to Songjiang Port in the south,
A coastline of several thousand kilometers stretches around Xinjing and Songjiang.
In this coastal defense line, Xinjing Port, because it is located in the inland waters of Lake Pengze and the water environment is closed, is not easy to be attacked by enemy forces from outside the port. Fleet, except for a battleship and an armored cruiser, the other main combat warships docked in the port of Xinjing all year round.
There are many battleships, and the whistle continues to scream. Starting from Xinjing Port, an iron armored warship departs from the port, sails from south to north along a fixed route, and forms a huge water on the water surface of Pengze Lake. formation.
In 1889, the joint military exercises of the Army and Navy officially began.
On the navy side, including two Chaoyang-class battleships with a displacement of 8,500 tons, two vanguard-class armored cruisers with a displacement of 3500 tons, one victory-class cruiser with a displacement of 3200-tons, and two Yangwu-class dome armored cruisers with a displacement of 2400-tons. More than 40 warships of all types assembled in Xinjinggang to participate in the exercise.
On the Army's behalf, more than a dozen troops from the first, second, third, ..., eighth and other units, totaling about 24,000 people, deployed along the shores of Lake Pengze to prepare for landing and anti-landing tactical exercises.
The fleet sailed along the Pengze Lake waterway. Half an hour later, the leading formation with the Chaoyang flagship arrived in Huichang County (Rio Grande) near the estuary of Pengze Lake.
The water area near the Huichang Line is the narrowest part of Pengze Lake. Here, Pengze Lake and the Atlantic Ocean are connected by a water channel with a width of 1.6 kilometers.
On the land on both sides of the waterway, there are two large turrets, with four heavy artillery turrets as the core, and the fortification system of Huichang Fortress, which firmly defends the safety of the watercourse of the estuary of Lake Pengze.
In the coastal area far from the fortress, dozens of ocean-going transport ships that moved the berth from Xinjing Port to Huichang Port and more than 20,000 migrants coming down from the ship because of military exercises, carefully carrying the only body on their side. Wrapped with rags, he stretched his neck like the native people who had been waiting for it, and eagerly looked forward to the appearance of the Han Navy fleet.
"I'm coming!"
As the warship headed by Chaoyang sailed into sight, hundreds of local people standing in the front row shouted with excitement.
"Woohoo!"
The displacement is 8,500 tons. Compared with Dingyuan ship, the warship power system and artillery system have been strengthened. The Chaoyang battleship is traveling to the waterway exit.
Turbine horsepower increased, making a dull whistle.
The Chaoyang began to turn to the sea. The side of the huge hull was displayed in front of the people on the shore, causing a lot of sensation!
"Long live Your Majesty! Long live the big man! ..."
The local people and the newly arrived immigrants expressed their excitement and shock in different ways. Although some new immigrants have not yet replaced the identity of the natives, they saw Chinese soldiers standing on a huge warship. Their Can not help but have an inexplicable feeling of intimacy and pride.
Every Chinese people who have emigrated to the South American country has a long and hard-to-know history. People leave hometown and are unaccompanied abroad. If they could not live on the mainland, there are several people who are willing to risk sea bumps. Relocated overseas.
Stepping onto an ocean-going transporter moving overseas, it is likely that you will never be able to return to your own hometown, and you will not see the grass and trees of your hometown. Even when an adult man makes a decision to relocate overseas, he can't help but worry about tears for his parents, wives and children who stay at home alone.
However, as the people at the bottom, there is only one way to make a living without going to the sea. If they go to the sea, as long as their luck is not too bad, they can all live a life of worries in South America.
In contrast to the two choices, in order to live, even if they are reluctant, one after another, the people are wiping tears, grabbing the soil of their hometown, and embarked on a journey to survive overseas.
In the shabby packages, a few thin clothes and a handful of mud from their hometown entrusted all the new immigrants with memories of the past. Hundreds of new immigrants who were carrying packages and were persuaded by the local people around them to stand up, Looking at the gigantic war monster on the water of Pengze Lake, for the first time, a relaxed smile appeared on his face.
With a strong armed force, their lives can be guaranteed, so they don't have to worry about the hard-won new life being broken by the big guns of Western powers.
One after another the iron armored ships sailed across the waterway of the Huichang section, and the cheers of the people on both sides of the coast rose above the tide. When all warships left Pengze Lake and entered the offshore waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Li Mingyuan looked away from the shore farther and farther. , Turn to the center of the fleet.
"Your Majesty, the 14th trainee of the Naval Officer School requested an internship."
Facing Li Mingyuan's eyes, Chen Sen, the chief of the Navy, asked for instructions.
"quasi."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
With Li Mingyuan's permission, Chen Sen turned around and ordered a few staff officers. Then, a row of nearly a hundred military school graduates, led by two naval officers, quickly arranged in five rows, standing in the direction of Li Mingyuan and others.
"Fourteenth graduates of the Navy Officer School and volunteer sailors, a total of 80 people, were incorporated into the battleship Chaoyang on April 7, 1991. Now come to report!"
A staff officer in a white gown stepped forward, loudly.
"salute!"
"Li Bai!"
As the top leader of the Army and Navy, Li Mingyuan temporarily returned to the Navy the power of allocating graduates after receiving the report of the fourteenth naval graduates on board.
"Peng Wanli, Gao Dashan, Xie Dahai, Ma Hongyu, ... Huang Qianghui!"
"Here!"
"Group 305mm guns!"
"Yes!"
"Zhang Hanfu, Fan Changjiang, Lin Junxiong, Tan Pingshan, ... Gan Tiesheng!"
"Here!"
"150mm secondary battery!"
"Zhang Wuzu, Ma Jizu, Cheng Xiaoxian, Zong Jingxian, Nian Guangyin, Tang Shaoyu ..., Sun Nianzu!" "Group torpedo group!"
"Yes!"…………
Newly trained navy trainees are divided into different positions such as the main gun group, observation group, damage management group, communication group, security group, machine gun group, rapid-fire gun group, wheel unit, etc., and wait until After a one-year internship period, after the fleet internship assessment, they will bid farewell to the student status and begin to participate in this era of ups and downs as the official officer of the Navy. …………
On May 22, 1889, the joint military and naval exercise was declared over. Two days later, the Navy Department made some adjustments to the positions of officers in the current fleet.
Major Lieutenant Xu Zhixuan and Chen Binshi were respectively promoted to captain of the 3500-ton vanguard armored cruiser, and their ranks were promoted to lieutenant colonel. Major Lieutenant Yang Guangzong and He Linshu were respectively promoted to 2500-ton Yangwu-class cruiser captains! Promoted to lieutenant colonel,
In addition to the four young military officers who were promoted, two other young military officers, Lu Wenhui and Chen Jurong, who performed well in the exercise, were not transferred to the surface fleet.
"Major Lu and Major Chen, I have good news for you. You have been selected to be the commander of the Navy Submarine Brigade. This is the new uniform of the submarine unit. You are not satisfied with it."
Li Han, the chief of staff of the navy, called the two men into the office and smiled.
"General, I don't understand why the staff headquarters moved us two away from the main fleet?"
The Han Navy has also been established for nearly two decades. In the past two decades, the surface ironclad ship's position as the main force of the fleet has not wavered. Therefore, after learning that he was transferred from the Navy's first fleet, Lu Wenhui was puzzled and angry. .
"Pushing you away from the First Fleet is not that the staff headquarters has doubts about your combat capabilities. On the contrary, the staff headquarters has specifically transferred you because it values ​​your capabilities."
With a smile on Li Han's face, he explained, "This time you two were transferred to the submarine force, both the Navy Department and His Majesty agreed. You think about it. If you just transfer the two of you to Does an irrelevant government department need to alarm the Admiralty and His Majesty? "
"Submarine force? Is it the type of submarine that can fight underwater and rely on underwater torpedoes to attack enemy warships?"
The development of submarines was a confidential event in the Han Dynasty, but as a young naval officer, it is also necessary to understand the latest naval military weapons and tactics of Western powers. Therefore, this question was asked when Chen Jurong learned that his new position was commander of the submarine force.
"Yes, it is the kind of submarine that can be used for underwater operations. At the end of last year, the Navy successfully developed a new submarine. The combat performance was improved to a certain extent compared to the three countries of Britain, France, and the United States, so His Majesty decided to establish an experimental nature. The submarine force is temporarily organized into six Phenom generation submarines. It is responsible for exploring underwater tactics in the early stage. After the submarine construction technology matures in the later stage, it will be organized into a regular fleet for underwater actual combat. "
Li Han roughly stated the combat objectives of the submarine, and then placed two professional books on the performance and maintenance of the submarine on the table ~ EbookFREE.me ~ commanded: "Your Majesty is very optimistic about the future development of the submarine, you Two work hard, there are opportunities for you to play in the future.
Alright, this is your new uniform. The ranks are all lieutenant colonels. Take it back and change into your new uniform. Then consider how to screen the submarine soldiers. I do n’t care about the specifics. As long as you have selected the soldiers, give them to the staff headquarters. Apply for a list, and the Naval Staff Headquarters will solve the problem of personnel relocation. "
"General, can you give us more time to think about it?"
"There is no time for you to consider. The letter of appointment has been issued. You only have two choices, either accept or reject."
"It is the duty of the soldiers to obey orders! We accept arrangements from the staff headquarters!"
The bargain was unsuccessful, and the two accepted the appointment brazenly.
"Haha, this is what a soldier should look like. Rest assured, Your Majesty's vision has always been accurate. Since Your Majesty attaches great importance to the development of the submarine force, it means that the submarine will definitely have a bright future in underwater operations. You The future development of the two in the navy may not be smoother. "