"Zong Ming, won't such a big cargo ship be discovered if it's parked here?”
Ruan Lingyu's small lips were pink. She held Zuo Zongming's arm and stared at the steel ship not far away with curiosity. However, she was more worried that this ship would be discovered by Li Houji in Fuzhou and expose Ponytail's strength in advance!
Zuo Zongming smiled. According to the current level of attention that Ponytail had attracted, other than Li Houji, there probably wouldn't be any other forces that could conduct intelligence on Ponytail!
In Fuzhou, under the attack of Dayang, Li Houji's wariness towards Ponytail had long been eliminated. Therefore, Ponytail's current movements and development speed were also accelerated by Zuo Zongming!
"Don't worry. Currently, Mawei is safe. Even if Li Houji's Min Army really arrives at Mawei, the Iron Blood Army is not a pushover!!”
Just two days ago, Ponytail officially established an intelligence base in Guangzhou. It was the second intelligence base after Shanghai!
The focus of the northern and southern warlords was on the war to protect the law. At the meeting held in Guangzhou, Mr. Sun was appointed as the Grand Marshal of the Republic of China. Other local warlords, such as Lu Rongting and Tang Jiyao, were appointed as marshals. They seemed to be on par with Duan Qirui's northern government. At this time, who would notice a small ponytail?
It was the so-called time, place, and people. Perhaps that was the case. The early stages of Ponytail's development happened to encounter this relatively safe domestic situation!!
The surrounding people all stared at the huge freighter curiously. Who said that China could not make a big ship, who said that China could not even produce a rifle, and who said that China did not have an industry!!
All of these dreams were about to change with the appearance of the ponytail!
Those arrogant Westerners thought that they were selling expensive and inferior industrial products to the East. Who knew that Mawei's industry was already on the rise? In the future, Mawei's independent industrial products would occupy more and more of the domestic market!!
There was an island reef less than ten nautical miles away from the mouth of Mawei. There was only a lighthouse on the reef. Every time the tide rose, the island reef would be submerged by the sea, leaving only the lighthouse that was secretly shining in the dark!
Twenty years ago, there weren't many ships passing by Mawei every day. But now, as time passed, the Lighthouse Man seemed to have become an old thing of the past…
He was the only one. He was an old man who was close to 70 years old, Wang Tianrong. Everyone was used to calling him the Lighthouse Man!
As usual, Wang Tianrong was going to oil the lighthouse again. The sea breeze blew on his face, making him feel warm. He was already used to it!
A lifetime of lighthouses, countless nights, it was cold, wandering on this small island, chasing the lonely but never extinguished starlight!
Today, however, was different. Two days ago, the grassroots comrades of the Mawei Military Government had come to the island to tell him that another cargo ship would be launched at the Mawei Military Port in a few days, and they had asked him to be a witness!!
Wang Tianrong stared at the military port not far away, not allowing his gaze to shift.'Why are my eyes filled with tears? It's because I love this military port, the shipyard, everything here…'
At 9:18 AM, the air that had been silent for a long time suddenly became lively…
Wu wu wu!
Wuwuwuwu…
The distant and drawn-out whistle seemed to have crossed the boundaries of time and space, lingering around!
The sound of the steam whistle echoed throughout the entire Mawei Shipyard. It had been many years since the Mawei Shipyard had fallen. The sound of the big ships had never sounded here again. There were only some ships that occasionally passed by, but their sounds were like a mockery, mocking the fact that the glory of Mawei Shipyard was no longer there!
When they were young, those old men with ponytails had wanted to save the country and the people, build warships, and resist the invasion of the Western countries. However, the corrupt Qing government had repeatedly given in and surrendered!
Finally, until today, August 12, 1917, Mawei Shipyard seemed to have regained its vitality. It connected the sky and the river, the clouds were jubilant, and the river was surging!
Wang Tianrong suddenly smiled like an innocent child!
" Hahahaha, I never thought that I would be able to hear the sound of a big ship going into the sea in this lifetime…"
Witnessing the rise and fall of Ponytail's history, witnessing thousands of sails competing, witnessing the Western powers using warships and cannons to blast open the country's gates time and time again. No one could describe the feelings of such an old man…
"Brigade Commander Zuo is a good man, a great man! Even such a huge freighter was built by him. If I can hear such a whistle again in my life, I will die without regrets!”
At some point, countless people in the shipyard applauded. Everyone stood up and looked at the Sovereign that was gradually entering the sea from Dock No. 1!
Under Zuo Zongming's personal orders, the Monarch was installed with four 122mm cannons and eight 75mm cannons. At the same time, there were four modified heavy machine guns on both sides. Naturally, these cannons and heavy machine guns were exchanged by Zuo Zongming from the system!
Originally, Zuo Zongming wanted to equip the Sovereign with a 233mm cannon. However, according to the simulation experiment of the Rise of Civilization, with the Sovereign's weight, if a 233mm cannon was installed, once it was tested, the entire ship would produce a huge shock and even cause the ship to tear apart!
Of course, the actual combat strength of the Sovereign was definitely not comparable to the warships of the European and American powers. Whether it was in terms of armor or firepower, it was like a warship without any defensive equipment!
Generally speaking, the Sovereign was not a warship. Only by installing unequal ship-borne weapons on the cargo ship to deter some merchant ships or gunboats could it be effective!
However, Zuo Zongming's main purpose of installing weapons on the Sovereign was to train talents and prepare for the official production of warships in the following days!!
Zuo Zongming seemed to be talking to himself or to Chen Cheng, Wu Guangzhong, and the others beside him. He looked at the huge steel guy!
"From now on, I will take back China's sea power step by step. The warships of the West, get as far away as you can!!”
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