Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 320 Aircraft Carrier
"Your Majesty, there is one more thing." Zhao Bingjun's face became serious.

"Let's talk." Guan Xuqing knew that something big was going to happen again.

"According to a piece of confidential information that Mata Hari just sent back, the Germans are looking for a guy named Messerschmitt in Europe, and the British Military Intelligence has learned from reliable sources that this person is in China. This person was born in Nuremberg, and later Graduated from the Kell Naval School and awarded the rank of lieutenant, he joined the German intelligence agency and was stationed in the UK because he successfully won the battleship HMS Indomitable, HMS Collingwood (commissioned in 1887), Victoria class and Trafalgar class A full set of design drawings of battleships (ordered in 1884 and 1885), promoted to lieutenant commander within 6 years, at the end of 1889, on the eve of promotion to lieutenant colonel, with Prince Heinrich of Prussia (Marshal of the Second German Empire, Kaiser Wilhelm) The younger brother of the Second Emperor) had a conflict, shot and wounded two guards, and then fled and hid in the Chinese embassy.” Zhao Bingjun’s expression was extremely serious, and this news must have come from Mata Hari. No small matter.

Guan Xuqing was stunned. He had heard of this person before. It turned out that he had offended the Prince of Prussia. It was not a secret. With the strength of the United Kingdom in China, it was natural that the person wanted by Germany and the recent accompanying diplomat The foreigners who made the mission back to China contacted each other.But, what do they want?

Not long after, British Minister Ogner asked to see him, which made Guan Xuqing feel that this matter was unusual.As soon as Ogner met, he proposed to Guan Xuqing that he wanted the German wanted criminal. Seeing the displeasure on Guan Xuqing's face, he then changed a particularly sincere expression and said: "Our country has a profound friendship with your country. If something like this really causes discord between your country and Germany, it will be difficult for the British Empire to choose a position. Therefore, for your country’s sake, your country can hand over that damned wanted criminal to our country.”

The British wanted to go back to that Mr. Messerschmitt so much, but Guan Xuqing had some doubts. He calmed down, and said with a sigh of relief: "If there is really a wanted criminal, I will consider your envoy's proposal, and I will Ask and see. If there is such a thing, I will reply to your envoy as soon as possible. I have something to go out, and your envoy please come back."

"Let's drive!" After finishing speaking, Guan Xuqing winked at Wang Shang, and he obediently raised his throat and got out of the car, leaving Ogner, who was slightly anxious, in the hall.Foreign Minister Wu Tingfang, who accompanied him over there, naturally made a gesture of invitation to him.

Guan Xuqing thought as he walked, it was time to meet that Messerschmitt.This matter is by no means as simple as it seems. The British are eager for a crack in the relationship between China and Germany. It is extremely beneficial to the United Kingdom in terms of trade and politics. Even in the arms trade, the two main ships of the Chinese Navy The flagship Dingyuan and Zhenyuan are both German products.Do the British really care about China so much?Not sure?After summoning Guo Songtao for questioning, he learned that this Messerschmitt did hold some top-secret information that had not been submitted to the German intelligence agency in time, but he kept the details firm, saying that he must meet the Chinese emperor and get it. These things will be handed over to the Chinese side only after the promise of national asylum.

What is this thing that has such great value?

Guo Songtao is over 70 years old. He looks very weak, he coughs constantly during conversations, his complexion is pale, and he doesn't seem to have a few years to live.Thinking of this man's poor reputation among the people, Guan Xuqing couldn't bear it, so he wanted to call the imperial doctor to see him, but he refused with a smile. After a violent cough, beads of sweat appeared on his pale face. Struggling to kneel down and kneel down three times and kowtow nine times, then she raised her head with tears streaming down her face: "Your Majesty, let me do this kind of big ceremony for the last time. I have lived in Europe recently, and it is rare for me to meet a saint. Bearing a shoulder of infamy, I have been shameless for a long time. Recalling that I was a scholar when I was young, I wanted to hold a sum of money in my heart and build a world-famous fame for the country with a three-foot sword. Now that I think about it, I am so stupid and rebellious. The long-haired bandits were in chaos, and I was fortunate to take shelter under Mr. Zeng Wenzheng. He raised an army to defeat the Jiangxi bandits, and built a hundred boats in Sichuan. Expatriate, seeing foreign ships, foreign guns and cannons, the minister devoted himself to foreign affairs. In the first year of Guangxu, the minister was ordered to envoy Ying, and the wild Confucianists criticized him harshly. The minister's death ambition has sprouted, and he went to the country of his parents to serve ghosts and barbarians. Hey , who knows that the minister is devoted to the country, who knows?"

"I know, I know you Guo Songtao." Guan Xuqing's eyes were also red, this old man has suffered countless infamy in his life, who knows his difficulties?

"Your majesty is wise." Guo Songtao insisted on ignoring my gesture to get him up, kowtowed on the ground, and said, "Since the emperor took power, the weather in China has improved day by day. Even though I live in a barbarian country, I feel very relieved. The empire is revived, and there is hope for rejuvenation." Ah! So I deserve to die, I deserve to die. I dare not go to the country of my parents, and I want to come back to die in my hometown. I am from Xiangyin, Hunan. When I come back this time, I have done one last thing for the country. I dare not beg for rewards. I hope to go back to my hometown." Speaking of this, he sighed a long time.

"Long live my emperor, long live!" Guo Songtao saluted solemnly again, raised his head and wiped away his tears, and said, "The minister's fate is not long, and the minister will retire."

Guan Xuqing waved his hand in a daze, staring blankly at his old and thin figure walking out of the hall step by step, couldn't bear it any longer, got up and caught up with him, greeted Wang Shang, and together helped Guo Songtao out of the Qianqing Gate, After being sent to his sedan chair, he looked up at the sky and let out a long sigh.

"Your Majesty." Guo Songtao said calmly with a serene smile on his face, "I can be supported by the Emperor himself. Even if I die a hundred times, I will have no regrets. Master Weng and the others are also old. Although they say different things, I am about to die." , and his words are good, so don't blame them, Your Majesty."

Guan Xuqing looked at him and nodded, and waved for the bearer to pick up the sedan chair.

After Guo Songtao left, Guan Xuqing decreed that Messerschmitt was sent to the prison of the military headquarters for temporary detention. If this person was noticed and stabbed to the Germans, the consequences would be no small matter.In fact, the British are already threatening, and Ogner's meaning is obvious. If this person is not handed over to them, the British will naturally disclose the news to the German side.

Of course Guan Xuqing is not someone who is easily threatened, but it is not wise to easily offend Britain and Germany. This matter must be handled properly.On the second day, he personally came to the prison of the military headquarters to meet this mysterious wanted criminal.

Messerschmitt in prison looked lazy, with an uninhibited smile on his slightly sad face, looked at me and nodded, "Are you really His Majesty the Emperor?"

Guan Xuqing nodded and said: "The British are looking for you, and the Germans are also looking for you. It seems that you have caused a lot of trouble. This is why you came to me to avoid it? Tell me, you hope I will take you To the Germans or the British?"

"Your Majesty has made a decision?" Messerschmitt looked up at me and said, "If that's the case, please Your Majesty hand over my body to my motherland and let them bury me in my hometown in Lüneburg, with me. Then" At this point, he suddenly became crazy, his face was flushed, and he gritted his teeth and burst out: "Poor damn honest old parents, let's be buried together! What will be buried with you? No, no, no, no, I don't want it." Bury with you, if you must, let the great and immortal Germany!"

The translator translated his hysteria to the emperor, Guan Xuqing signaled the guards around him not to come forward to stop him, and ordered a cup of strong tea, which might help relieve his depression.

Messerschmitt finished cursing Germany, and then began to curse the German royal family, starting from Wilhelm II, tracing back to eighteen generations of ancestors, and down to all German state machines. It took a long time before he regained his composure and sat on the ground. , inserted his hands into the messy hair, and pulled his own hair angrily.A handful of messy hairs were pulled out and thrown on the ground, some were still stained with blood, and the whole person was twitching uncontrollably.

Guan Xuqing asked someone to calm him down while looking at his file.After drinking a bowl of strong tea, Messerschmitt really regained his composure, his face was pale, and he was panting heavily.

"I am very willing to help you." Guan Xuqing smiled kindly at him and said, "Tell me, didn't you say that you have something special that you can only give to me?"

Messerschmitt's eyes were fixed, he shook his head suddenly and said, "Forget it, Your Majesty should hand me over to the British. I am willing to be punished by them. You are a good man, and I don't want to harm your country. Besides, your country and the UK are still allies. You know, in the British intelligence agency, my code name is Satan." Messerschmitt raised his face, a little proud.This code name is enough to show his glorious past.

"Okay. I agree." Guan Xuqing smiled slightly, and was about to get up and leave here.

"Notify someone from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and take him to Ogner." Guan Xuqing walked to the door, stopped for a while, and said to Liu Guangdi.

"No! Wait!" Messerschmitt jumped up suddenly, and the guard beside him quickly drew out a knife and put it on his neck.He blushed and stammered, "I misunderstood. Your Majesty, I have come up with a way not to trouble you, so I am willing to make a deal with Your Majesty."

Guan Xuqing couldn't help laughing, and waved to the guard to withdraw the knife.

Messerschmitt really had a big secret in him. In his private cell, there was actually a huge scroll under the floor tiles.Seeing him carefully lifting the thing out, Liu Guangdi gave the jailers kneeling around him a hard look, and the jailers turned away in fright.Half an hour later, the scroll came out. Liu Guangdi ordered the jailer to take him back to the lobby of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and Messerschmitt unfolded the wax-sealed scroll.

The English words "Aircraft Carrier" immediately caught Guan Xuqing's eyes.He couldn't help feeling restless in his heart, and glanced left and right, Liu Guangdi understood immediately, raised his hand to press Messerschmitt's hand that unfolded the scroll, and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I'm rude, I want to register the names of those present name and identity."

Guan Xuqing nodded, and said solemnly: "Remember everything, half a sentence of today's matter must be passed on to the outside, and everyone will be asked and killed."

"Cha!" Everyone promised again and again.

Turning the screen back to the left and right, Guan Xuqing raised his hand to signal Messerschmitt to unfold the scroll, and when he unfolded it, it was all the design drawings of a huge ship, and all the engineering data were marked on it one by one.

aircraft carrier?aircraft carrier?I kept thinking about its historical evaluation in my memory, but found that I didn't have any specific impressions, so I had to look at his design drawings carefully.

Messerschmitt interjected: "Last year, the British had already started to design this kind of warship. I risked my life to steal this blueprint from the UK. I originally wanted to dedicate it to the Prince of Prussia who was serving in the navy, so that I would You can get fair treatment on the issue of promotion. But" Messerschmitt gritted his teeth and smiled awkwardly: "Maybe, I should stumble on women."

"Then, if you present this, it should be able to make up for the bad relationship between you and the prince? After all, the navy is not up to him." Guan Xuqing also knew a little about the prince of Prussia. At this time, he was also in the navy. Just a mid-level commander.

"It's late." Messerschmitt said with a wooden face: "In my hometown in Lüneburg, several wooden houses suddenly caught fire at night. My parents are sleeping in the house, and my 11-year-old sister is also there." Speaking of this, he covered his face and burst into tears, raised his head after a while, and said silently: "It's damn Heinrich, I will definitely kill him!"

Indeed, as the youngest brother of Kaiser Wilhelm II and grandson of Queen Victoria of England, how could Prince Heinrich of Prussia endure a little intelligence officer putting a green hat on himself, and setting fire to kill him in rage? It's normal.

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Guan Xuqing stood in front of the Longshu table, on which was spread the big scroll.

The design displacement is 665 tons, the ship is 78 feet long, 660 feet wide, 25 feet long at the waterline, and has a draft of 610 feet.The flight deck is 90 feet wide and 390 feet long.The hangar is 68 feet long, 20 feet wide, and [-] feet high.

Maximum speed 22 knots.Fuel reserves of 2000 tons.20 power boilers.

In terms of protection, the design is also very good. The thickness of the armor at the waterline is 370 to 450mm, the deck armor is 230mm, the turret varies from 360 to 160mm according to the importance of different positions, and the armor of the gun shell is 380mm. mm, the conning tower has the strongest protection, reaching [-] mm.

8门七英寸主炮，4门3磅炮。4挺高射机枪。10挺Lewis机枪。8门50倍径4英寸高炮。舰载飞机总数30架（内有3架侦察机）舰员673人。

Such a warship far exceeds any of the naval ships currently in service. It can be said that it is a masterpiece that only crazy British designers can come up with after smoking marijuana.Don't say that East Asia is all over the world. Forming a fleet of ships with an aircraft carrier as the core is enough to kill any country's navy.

Before the British built an airplane, they had the idea of ​​designing an aircraft carrier ahead of time. It has to be said that they are a bold and pioneering nation.

But soon Guan Xuqing was confused, this is an aircraft carrier, can the Chinese build it?

(End of this chapter)