My Italian: Chapter 310 Carlo waiting for a chance

After Jia Liwen and Li Zhongtang negotiated the arms purchase, they immediately sent a telegram to report to the country.

For this purchase list, the most happy is the Army, because this material needs the cooperation of the Army, of course, a large part of the profits will be reserved for the Army.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the army will collect the materials on the list and ship them to the Far East in less than a week."

Looking at Marshal Cadorna, who was excited to eat meat, Admiral Yagier, the Minister of the Navy, could only show an envious look. At a time when the Navy is working hard to raise money for the construction of new ships, it is impossible not to envy such a procurement list.

But the Navy is not a purely economical issue (compared to the Army selling weapons) because the sale of warships is highly political.

Of course, Carlo understands Admiral Yagier's jealous thoughts, but it is rare for the Army to encounter such quick money, so it is not easy for Carlo to let the Army take out some of it. Besides, the army will need to be used next, and it will not be too harsh on the army.

"Admiral Yagier, wait a minute."

When the admiral was about to leave, Carlo stopped him.

"Your Majesty, what other orders are there?"

Facing the question from Admiral Yagier, Carlo said. "What do your navies think of the battle between the two navies in the war in the Far East?"

In the face of the king's inquiry, Admiral Yagier, the head of the navy, also paid attention to this question before. The world has not had a naval battle for a long time in these years, and naturally there are expectations for the war between the navies of the two countries in the Far East.

Moreover, the Italian Navy has another advantage, that is, it has a very good understanding of the true combat power of the Beiyang Navy. Who has so many Italian advisers in the Beiyang, how could this close observation be missed.

So Admiral Yagier is very confident. "Your Majesty, according to our understanding of the Admiralty, the Chinese navy is slightly inferior to the Japanese navy on warships. As for the comparison of the capabilities of the officers and soldiers of the two, since we have not obtained much information about the officers and soldiers of the Japanese navy, we can only get general information. However, based on the information we have learned, the capabilities of the officers and soldiers of the two sides are still dominated by the Japanese side. Therefore, the Japanese navy should have the advantage in this war. The best choice for the Chinese side should be to rely on its geographical advantages to defend the front line of the Bohai Sea circle. Then let the Army open up."

Yes, the Italian Navy made such a judgment, which has a lot to do with the naval strength of the two sides. At present, the main battleships of the Beiyang Navy are still centered on the four major ships, two Dingyuan-class armored ships, and two Venice-class armored cruisers Zhiyuan and Jingyuan.

You must know that in this era of rapid technological change, these four warships are all products of the 1980s, and the age of the ships has exceeded ten years. Yangwei, Chaoyong, Jingyuan, Pingyuan and other ships are all small ships of two or three thousand tons. On the other hand, Japan, Sanjing ships and ships are not to be said. In particular, the two 10,000-ton cruise ships purchased by Japan from the United Kingdom, the Yoshino and the Akitsu Island.

These two 10,000-ton cruisers are the result of the instigation of Carlo Butterfly. The single ship has a full-load displacement of 10,900 tons and is equipped with 4 254 mm retractable guns, 6 152 mm tube retractable guns, and 6 120 mm tube retractable guns. , It can be said to be armed to the teeth. In addition, the speed of this class of warships is not weak, it can run a maximum speed of 18.5 knots, and the armor is also good. It is a representative masterpiece of the United Kingdom. Of course, this did not empty Japan's pockets, and the cost of 1.09 million pounds is indeed not cheap.

From the Italian Navy's point of view, the Chinese navy has no advantage at all. Two 10,000-ton cruisers are a problem that it cannot solve. It can only rely on defense and use the advantages of the Bohai Sea to consume opponents. Of course, this is because Italy does not know the prestige of my Qing army.

Although Admiral Yagier didn't know, but Carlo still didn't know. In terms of army equipment between China and Japan, the Qing army actually has an advantage. But one is an old-style army and the other is a new-style army.

So after thinking about it, Carlo decided to stop this topic.

"Your navy is preparing a batch of warships, mainly small coastal defense armored ships, cruisers, torpedo boats and other ships. Maybe someone will snap up."

That's right, Carlo has already prepared the response to the failure of the Beiyang Navy. The effect of his own incitement made the Beiyang Navy much stronger than in history, but the consequence was that the Japanese navy was stronger.

So there is no need to think about the outcome of the next naval battle. In the case that the personnel of the warships are not as good as the opponents, what to use to win the opponents.

It is true that the strength of the Japanese combined fleet is much stronger than in history, but Carlo is not worried at all. Because the strength of the Italian task force is not what it can resist, the powerful firepower on the three Turin-class battleships can sink them all.

As for when Italy will play, it depends on the timing. Only when the other party is nearly exhausted, the appearance of Italy can make the other party appreciate him even more.

Some people may ask, why didn't they come on stage earlier, how to say Qing is also Italy's largest overseas market. To say this is too ignorant of diplomacy. Every country will compete for the best interests. Being able to push Italy to end directly in the Sino-Japanese War was already Carlo's greatest ability as a Chinese in his previous life.

Italians have their own needs. Carlo can't do it alone, and he can't do it. He is the king of Italy and needs to consider the interests of Italy.

As for the Qing Congress, it will not give up Italy's help because of the price. There is also such a possibility. If such a situation occurs, it can only be blamed that the Qing court has no eyes, and deserves to lose money and cede land.

However, although the top officials of the Qing court were said to be unbearable in later generations~www.mtlnovel.com~, through understanding, Carlo knew that these people still have basic political literacy.

It's not like the comedians of later generations come on stage and turn the whole country into a hilarious comedy.

After speaking with the Minister of the Navy and asking him to prepare a batch of warships, Carlo waited for the next news.

In Japan, the combined fleet is temporarily stationed in Nagasaki, and the navy is making the final mobilization. Next, they need to cut off the sea and land transportation of the Qing army in Pyongyang.

That's right, for the current Qing army and the Japanese army, sea transportation is the most important supply route for the two sides.

Of course, the Japanese navy still has a more important task, which is to seize the sea **** of the Yellow Sea and drive the Beiyang Navy back. To this end, the staff of the Japanese Combined Fleet had already drawn up a sound plan. They need to stir the nerves of the Qing court, so that the Beiyang Navy has to come out to fight.

Now is the training stage before the departure of the Japanese Navy. After the completion, the Japanese combined fleet needs to set sail.

In the afternoon, led by the flagship Matsushima, the Japanese combined fleet set out to sea.