In another spacetime, Ding Ruchang's performance was not considered good. Although he had died for his country, it could not change the fact that he had made many mistakes in the war.
This was understandable. Ding Ruchang was a general of the Huai Army, a general of the ground army, so he did not know much about the navy. In this way, it was inevitable that there would be a situation where the layman commanded the expert.
Emperor Guang Zhou had always believed that professional matters should be handled by professionals. In this way, he could make the best use of everyone and everything.
Ding Ruchang was very satisfied with his promotion to the Minister of the Navy.
As for Liu Buchan and Lin Taizeng, they had studied in the Sun Never Sets Empire.
The Emperor of Guang Dong arrived at the dock with the crowd.
At this moment, all the assets of the Beiyang Squadron were docked here.
Right now, the Beiyang Squadron was not considered strong. Apart from the ironclads Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, which had just returned to the country, and the cruiser Jiyuan, which had also returned to the country at the same time, there was only the cruiser Yangwei.
Other than these four warships, there were also some small warships such as gunboats and torpedoes.
It could be said that the Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, Jiyuan, and Yangwei formed the initial foundation of the Beiyang Squadron.
As for Jingyuan, Laiyuan, Zhiyuan, and Jingyuan, they would return to China in two years. This would make the Beiyang Squadron even stronger.
Not to mention that the Emperor had ordered four powerful Mersey-class cruisers from the Empire of the Sun Never Sets. These four Mersey-class cruisers would return to China in three years.
At that time, the Beiyang Squadron's strength would reach its peak.
The Emperor of Guang Dong even had a thought. Why did he have to wait until nine years later to start a war with the Dongyang people? Why wait for the East Asians to start the war first?
After the Ming Empire's strength rose to the peak, they could take the lead in starting this war and destroy the wealth that the East Asian people had painstakingly accumulated. In this way, the Ming Empire would be able to win the future war.
Of course, this would definitely make the Sun Never Sets Empire, who supported the Japanese Empire, very dissatisfied. But they wouldn't go to the extent of personally fighting against the Ming Empire, right? At most, they would increase their support for the Dongyang Empire and start another war with the Ming Empire in the future.
As long as the Ming Empire could continue to win, the East Asians would not be a threat. Even the Empire of the Sun that was hiding behind the scenes would pay the price one day.
"Your Majesty, these are the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan that we just returned from.”Liu Buchan introduced the emperor.
Originally, Ding Ruchang should have introduced them.
Ding Ruchang had already been promoted to Minister of the Navy. This task was naturally handled by Liu Buchan, the commander of the Northern Fleet.
The emperor nodded, his eyes falling on the two warships that had a displacement of more than 7,000 tons.
In the eyes of the emperor of Guang Dong, these two warships were undoubtedly very ugly, or rather, very simple. But in this era, it was a symbol of power.
Other than the ironclads of the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Sets Empire and the ironclads of other western naval powers, there was no warship in the entire Far East that could compete with it.
Of course, the disadvantages of the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan were also very obvious. Not only was their speed too slow, but their cannons were also very unreasonable.
However, it was still shocking to see these two huge warships docked at the dock.
"Very good, the addition of these warships will allow Great Ming to have a powerful navy. However, in my opinion, this is far from enough. Da Ming needed more and more powerful warships. Next, I will increase my investment in the navy and further strengthen its strength! I have already ordered four Mersey-class cruisers from the Empire of the Sun Never Sets. We also ordered a large number of machinery and equipment from the Germanic Empire to build a large shipyard and build our own warships.
Although they could buy some warships from the foreigners. However, this could not buy a strong coastal defense. A country's coastal defense could not be bought. In the end, we still have to rely on ourselves.
Therefore, the next focus of the dynasty's navy was to build their own warships and nurture more naval talents!”
Emperor Guang Dong said to everyone.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" The generals answered.
From the emperor's words, they could feel how much he valued the navy, which made them feel like they were willing to die for their friends.
Since the Emperor of Guang Dong supported the navy so much, what other choice did they have other than to serve the Emperor with all their might?
Following that, Emperor Guang Cheng, under Liu Buchan's lead, boarded the ship to inspect the Dingyuan and the Northern Fleet.
Although the Northern Fleet was still very weak, it was undoubtedly a seed of the Ming Empire's navy.
Emperor Guang Dong believed that this seed would soon grow into a towering tree.
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