February 25, 1911, 2752 AD, St.
Petersburg.
The weather in St.
Petersburg in February is still very cold, when there is ice and snow everywhere.
Today's temperature is no exception, minus 12 degrees, well, it's not too exaggerated.
Generally speaking, people in St.
Petersburg basically stay at home at this time and rarely go out unless necessary.
But today is a bit special.
At least half of the people in St.
Petersburg left their warm houses and ran outside the city.
This is all to see something strange.
It is true that the citizens of St.
Petersburg have not seen the world before, but who has seen a flying fleet?
It is impossible not to see such a strange thing, so they braved the cold and ran outside the city today.
The airship landing site was filled with onlookers.
And not only ordinary citizens came, but even Tsar Nicholas II couldn't help but ran out out of curiosity.
Of course, His Majesty the Tsar would not be crowded with those bastards.
He, the royal family and a group of dignitaries were all on the VIP floor of the airship station with the best location and the best view.
At this time, six large airships were slowly descending.
The signature shark mouth painting and sickle-hammer five-pointed star clearly informed their identity as the airship unit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force.
These six airships are the most advanced and largest professional armed airships in the world today.
This formation is a diplomatic team dispatched by the Chinese government, and they will conduct an unprecedented global visit.
This air fleet was led by Air Force Technical Brigadier General Xie Zantai.
They set off from the Wuhan Air Force Base and flew for 81 hours without landing, spanning more than 6,800 kilometers, to St.
Petersburg, the first stop of their visit.
The large and small furry bears on the ground looked up at their majestic figures with envy and hatred, and kept exclaiming and cheering.
The crowd was mixed with some Chinese diplomats, overseas students, and businessmen.
They waved the five-star red flag in their hands and were so excited that they could not help themselves.
"Oh, it's so big, it's so big."
Nicholas II held up the telescope and looked at the descending airship with feverish eyes, muttering: "Yes, it is it, it is it, this is what I want, this is it What I want" Then he put down the telescope, looked at Prime Minister Stolypin, Chairman of the Council of Ministers, and said impatiently: "Peter, the progress of our own airship is too slow.
I have bought a complete set of drawings and process information from the Chinese.
As a result, So far they have only built a few slightly larger airships."
He made a "small" gesture with his hand to emphasize his dissatisfaction.
"Look at the Germans and the French.
They have already built 30-ton large airships, not to mention competing with the Chinese.
What are the guys in the Airship Bureau doing?
This is malfeasance.
Yes, this is malfeasance."
Nicholas II He complained in the tone of a child who couldn't get a toy.
Stoly was embarrassed for a moment, then he considered his tone and replied: "My Majesty.
The French and Germans have been working on airships for a long time.
They have a solid foundation in this area, so they are making rapid progress.
And We have little experience in this area before.
Even with the Chinese drawings and information, it cannot be solved in a short time.
Your Majesty, Semyonov and the others have worked very hard.
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Please give them more time."
"Okay, Peter, for your sake, I'll give them another half a year.
If they still can't build a 30-ton airship, get out of the airship bureau.
Airships are the future and weapons that can change war."
Great Russia must not fall behind, we must also build such a large airship, no, we must make it bigger," Nicholas II said, waving his fist.
A group of naval officers were watching in a corner of the VIP building.
Most of them were captains and lieutenants.
Their rankings were a little lower and they could only watch from a side position.
Among this group of people was a young man with Chinese appearance.
This young man was less than twenty years old, but he was wearing a Russian navy warrant officer uniform.
"Ziyu, your Chinese airships are really amazing.
They look bigger than dreadnoughts," a colonel said to him in fluent Chinese.
"That's true, Uncle Alexander.
As far as I know, their length is 225 meters and their width is 45 meters, which is longer than the current largest dreadnought.
This is the largest air battleship in the world," the boy replied.
At this time, a second lieutenant officer ran over, gave a military salute to the colonel, and said: "Colonel Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak, General Belinenko invites you to come."
Kolchak said: "Okay, I'll go right away" and then turned to the Chinese young man and said: "Ziyu, I will be busy these days.
You can go back to the Naval Academy by yourself.
You don't have to wait for me."
"Okay, Uncle Alexander" the young man smiled and nodded.
His name is Ye Muyi, whose courtesy name is Ziyu.
His ancestral home is Tengzhou, Shandong.
He was born in Liaoning in 1892 and is 19 years old this year.
Ye Muyi was born in a comprador family.
Because his father admired Muyi Sima Ziyu, a minister of the Song Dynasty in the Spring and Autumn Period, he gave his son exactly the same name.
Although Lao Ye is a comprador, he was also an adventure enthusiast when he was young.
Probably because of their common interests, he and Lao Gao had known each other a long time ago, and they helped Lao Gao during the Russo-Japanese War, so the two had a good relationship.
Ye Muyi is also very interested in Lao Gao's previous adventure experiences.
When he was a child, he often pestered Lao Gao to tell stories when he was a guest at home.
It can be regarded as a long-term friendship.
Later, Ye Muyi saw Materialist China in 1907.
It was the second-year middle school boy who could not bear the content of the book.
From then on, he became a big fan of Mr.
Wen.
In 1909, Wen Desi recruited people from all over the country for the fourth time.
When he was a foreign student, 17-year-old Ye Muyi ran to register.
Because some time ago, Boss Ye had contacted Kolchak and planned to send his son to study in Russia.
Lao Gao also agreed and expressed his willingness to help Ye Muyi go to school activities.
After Ye Muyi passed the exam, he explained the situation to the person in charge of Xingke.
So just in time, Xingke arranged for him to go to Russia.
Thanks to the activities of Xingke's branch in Russia and Lao Gao's recommendation, Ye Muyi successfully entered the Petersburg Naval Academy.
According to Lao Gao's arrangement, after he graduates next year, he will be assigned to the Baltic Fleet for implementation.
At that time, the Russian military academies paid attention to aristocratic traditions and basically only accepted children of aristocrats.
Although all the so-called bullshit aristocratic traditions had to kneel in front of the invincible "silver bullet", it was still a troublesome matter.
As for noble status, it is not a problem for Xingke.
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As long as the money is spread out, Qingna Company will serve you wholeheartedly.
The title of the Qing Dynasty is relatively low in gold.
Not only does it have territory, but it is also downgraded by one level at a time.
In other words, those above earl are worth some money.
Those below viscount and baron are empty titles and cannot be sold.
People would rather buy a four-level title.
The product candidate said that he was not willing to buy the much cheaper light vehicles of the third-grade captain, and as for the fourth-grade cavalry captain and the fifth-grade cloud cavalry captain, they couldn't even sell them.
If you only use empty noble titles abroad, buying viscount or baron is no big deal.
For example, when the Qing government went on a mission to Europe, they gave a number of people in the mission noble titles.
Therefore, in order to avoid wasting money, Xingke sent very few military students to Russia.
So far, the number of international students sent by Wen Desi has exceeded 20,000, but the number of students who have studied in Russian military schools can be counted with both hands.
However, classmate Ye Muyi did not have to worry about this identity problem, because his father was a comprador in the Sino-Russian border trade.
In order to facilitate his work, he had previously spent money to buy the aristocratic title of Captain of Light Vehicles from the Qing court.
In order to facilitate business in Russia, he even obtained a knighthood in Tsarist Russia by bribing palace ministers.
Because at that time, foreign devils were just like this, and whether they had a noble title or not were completely two different things.
Before Ye Muyi studied abroad, Boss Ye also bought him the title of Captain of Light Vehicles.
At that time, the Qing court was about to collapse, and various officials and titles were liquidated at a loss.
Ye Muyi, the "Captain of Light Cars", only spent 800 oceans to get it.
Therefore, classmate Ye Muyi is now called "Lord" by the fur bears in the Russian social circle.
The Qingqing Captain is equivalent to a European Lord.
However, in the circle of international students, he got the nickname "Eight Hundred Dollars".
No, some people call him "Lord" now.
A royal attendant came over, bowed to him, and said: "Your lord, Grand Duchess Maria, please come over.
She has some questions about China that she would like to consult with you."
"Okay."
Ye Muyi immediately tidied up his appearance and left the corner with the attendants under the envious and jealous eyes of countless people around him.
Due to Nikolai's personal hobbies, Russia gave high standards to the visit of the Chinese air fleet.
Although Xie Zantai, who led the team, was only a brigadier general, he was personally greeted by Prime Minister Stolypin, Chairman of the Council of Ministers.
The next day, Nicholas invited Xie Zantai to the palace for a banquet.
After the banquet, Nicholas and Xie Zantai talked for several hours and expressed their strong interest in airships.
Xie Zantai, who had received secret instructions from Mr.
Wen before arriving, took the initiative and invited Nicholas to visit the airship.
Nicholas was so happy that he not only went there happily, but also brought his entire family and many dignitaries with him.
And, of course, a team of technicians and scientists.
For some reason, the internal layout of the Yunray-class airship is very sci-fi.
According to Wen Desi, "It's science fiction.
It's best to make laymen stunned at first sight, and to make insiders think it's science fiction."
Pedestrians can’t quite understand it, but they think it looks awesome.”
As for what makes people feel like science fiction, no one in this world knows it better than the people from the Socialist Party of Science and Technology.
The bumpkins in this time and space were stunned for a moment.
For example, His Majesty Nicholas was so shocked that he couldn't recover for a long time.
Looking at the main control room full of science fiction, His Majesty's eyes were red: "It's great, great, this is what I want, this is me.
Wanted" With that said, he turned around and interrupted Xie Zantai, who was introducing the airship to everyone, and asked eagerly: "Your Majesty General, can this kind of airship be sold in your country?"
"Uh, sell."
Xie Zantai was stunned and said: "Your Majesty, this is not within my scope of authority, so I don't know whether it can be sold abroad.
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If you want to buy, you need to consult the relevant departments through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."
"Oh" Nicholas immediately ordered to the foreign minister who followed him: "Did you hear that?
Immediately confirm with the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the arms sales of this kind of airship."
"Yes, my Majesty," the Foreign Secretary quickly accepted the order.
Nicholas thought for a while and then said: "Oh, and from now on, we will upgrade our country's diplomatic relations with China to the ambassadorial level."
He then said to Xie Zantai: "Your Excellency General, you are the best military engineer in your country and the best airship expert in the world.
I would like to invite you to give a lecture at Petersburg University to tell my subjects about airships."
"I am honored to accept your invitation."
Xie Zantai immediately agreed.
Later, Xie Zantai gave a one-day speech at Petersburg University.
The theme was the theory of the victory of the air fleet.
He boasted about how awesome airships were, especially emphasizing the theory that only "airships can fight against airships."
His speech aroused great repercussions in Russia, and the airship formation was open to the Russian public for three consecutive days, which caused the number of Mao Xiong's airship fans to increase exponentially.
Three days later, the Chinese air fleet left Petersburg amidst cheers and headed for the next stop, Berlin, the capital of Germany.
After that, they will successively visit Vienna, Rome, Paris, London, then cross the Atlantic, visit Washington, and then go south from the United States to visit the top three in South America, and then arrive in Australia, and then return to China after traveling around the Southeast Asia.
Just as predicted by the General Staff, wherever Xie Zantai's fleet arrives, it will arouse crowds of spectators and arouse people's emotions to the extreme.
Comrade Xie Zantai, the "world's chief airship expert", would be invited to give a public speech wherever he went, boasting about airships and praising airships as "a cross-century weapon that changed the way of war."
Subsequently, after the news spread that Russia ordered a Cloudray-class strategic airship from China at a price of 800,000 pounds, various countries could no longer bear it.
Public opinion has asked: "Why do the Chinese have strategic airships, but our great country XX does not?
This is dereliction of duty."
Not to mention the middle and lower classes are extremely enthusiastic about this airship craze, even many upper class people are very enthusiastic about it.
For example, British Foreign Secretary Austin Chamberlain was a fanatical airship controller.
He claimed that the British Empire had the strongest sea fleet and also the strongest air fleet.
There are also many airship controllers at the top of other countries.
Driven by this up and down, the European and American powers immediately increased their investment in airships.
Airships are being built all over the world, and countless human and financial resources have been invested in them, almost comparable to the fearless ones.
The ship race.
However, China, as the initiator of this trend, has not built itself another so-called "strategic airship".
Instead, it has worked hard to build transport airships.
This trend lasted until the outbreak of World War I a few years later.
After being tested by the war, all countries discovered that they had been fooled and had chosen the wrong technology tree.
They all regretted it.
That is another story.
Exactly: The reason why I clicked on the wrong technology tree was because I trusted the experts back then
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