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Chapter 1794 The Trans-Siberian Railway

"This Weihaiwei exercise is divided into two parts. One part is the battle between warships. We will divide into two fleets to fight against each other, simulating a battle on the sea; the other part is the landing operation to capture the coastal defense fort. Simulate a landing battle, the battlefield will be on Liugong Island."

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

"According to the plan you made, I am one of the members of the observation group this time, and I look forward to your next performance." Chu Yun said.

"Yes!" The officers and soldiers felt as if they were facing an enemy.

Chu Yun personally came to observe this exercise of the joint fleet composed entirely of steam ironclad ships, and they had to prepare with all their strength for fear of any mistakes.

Chu Yun let the senior officials of the Ministry of the Navy formulate the plan for this joint exercise.

This joint exercise is at the tactical level. When a war really breaks out, it is this group of high-level executives who will conduct tactical deployment. Chu Yun is only responsible for dispatching the fleet at the strategic level. If he really wants to intervene in person, it will disrupt the deployment.

While he was making busy preparations at the Ministry of the Navy, he went on a tour of the Weihaiwei Naval Base.

Weihaiwei has docks, ammunition depots, barracks, hospitals, and coastal defense forts, which can be said to be built in full accordance with the standards of modern naval bases.

"The main materials are transported by sea by ships, and we are also digging roads on land to try to transport some materials to the port by land." An official from Weihaiwei's logistics department explained the situation here to Chu Yun.

Chu Yun nodded slightly. For a military port, it is best to be able to keep the enemy out of the country, that is, to defeat the enemy's fleet in the open sea.If you wait until the enemy's fleet blocks the port, then it depends on whether you can hold the port from land.

Chu Yun is still more concerned about the construction of Weihaiwei. It is estimated that only Lushunwei will be able to replace it in the future.

Chu Yun briefly checked the situation in Weihaiwei, and then came to the Dongfang passenger ship.

As he said, this time he is playing the role of an observation group, and he also wants to use this unprecedented exercise to put pressure on other civilizations in the world, so that they will have a mentality that there is a huge gap between the two sides and that the East is invincible.

"Mr. Chu, your fleet is really frightening. There are too many of them. When we fought against you in Europe a few years ago, we learned that you were only five iron-clad ships. I didn't expect to see 5 iron-clad ships here. It was nearly five times the number at that time." Queen Christina of Sweden participated in the Battle of the Dunkirk Dunkirk, saw Chu Yun coming to the Vostok, and said to him.

"This is all our steamships, so it's barely passable." Chu Yun replied.

Barely get by?
The princes and nobles on the deck of the Vostok don't know what to say. You have 24 ironclad ships when other kingdoms don't have a single steamship, and you are still barely passable?And what about their kingdom without steamships?
But Chu Yun thought in his heart, he did admit that these were all steam ships, but the Imperial Shipyard has accumulated experience and technology in producing steam ironclad ships, as long as there are enough resources, a large number of ships can be ground water at any time!

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

A small banquet was held on the Dongfang, but everyone was amazed by the large number of steam ironclad ships moored in Weihaiwei, and they were not in the mood to enjoy the banquet itself.

At night in Weihaiwei, the sea breeze is gentle, and some houses in Weihaiwei have lights.As an important military stronghold, it is not surprising that there are generators here.

The banquet on the Orient liner was not over yet. Candles were lit on the tables on the deck, and incandescent lamps were hung in some dark corners.

This place is like a luxurious passenger ship, or the Orient was originally positioned as the first luxury passenger ship.

"Mr. Chu, I heard that your Jingshi University has a special overseas department that allows people from outside the sea to study. I wonder if we, Tsarist Russia, can organize a group of international students to study in the Jingshi University. I think this should be possible. 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-pissing project of the Overseas Department of the Imperial University Hall, which he had set up for foreign students in Dongying. General Education.

"Your son," Irina replied.

"It turned out to be him..." Chu Yun nodded, "Of course he can come to study abroad. And I just want to talk to you Tsar about something."

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

"What are you discussing?" Irina was deeply surprised.

"I want to build a railway that stretches from the capital through the Siberian Plain to Moscow, and then to the continental European countries, making the world a whole. I don't mean to invade Tsarist Russia, but different civilizations exist at the same time , but the economy and communication are a whole world." Chu Yun put forward a bold idea.

Now that most of Siberia has been captured, in order to strengthen the rule over Siberia and obtain resources, it is necessary to build a railway in Siberia to transport materials such as coal, timber, ore, cement, metal and grain back to the mainland.

The reason why it is extended to Moscow and even Western Europe is the dual purpose of trade and military.

At this time, it will take a long time to travel to Europe by steamship, but it will not take long to use the Trans-Siberian Railway to continuously transport troops to Moscow, or even to Western Europe. It is faster than going to Western Europe by sea. Soldiers are approaching the city!
Of course, this also has risks.

First of all, the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway required a huge amount of money and a lot of manpower, and it took more than ten years at every turn.

The second is the issue of changes in national power.If there is turmoil in the mainland and the Siberian Railway is controlled by Tsarist Russia, the other party will also use the Siberian Railway to transport troops to push back.

So weighing the pros and cons is worth considering.

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

It is too tempting to build a large railway directly leading to Moscow, across the plains of Eastern Europe, and directly to Western Europe.

"A big railway that goes through Siberia? That Siberia that has a harsh environment, is full of frozen soil, and takes a year or two to travel from west to east?" Irina couldn't believe it.

(End of this chapter)