Struggle in Russia

Alexey stared at little Adlerberg's face for a long time, but couldn't figure out why. The fox father and son are both film kings, and their expressions are impeccable. Anyway, others just thought he was an ordinary passer-by watching the show party, and never thought that he would be one of the masterminds behind the scenes.

In desperation, Alexei turned back to the arena, and the interrogation finally began. Yerofei was asking:

"His Excellency Grand Duke Andrei Konstantinovich, have you made any remarks suggesting a new type of steam ship?"

Li Xiao replied calmly: "Yes, is there a problem?"

Ye Luofei said bitterly: "There is no problem, but it is debatable. As we all know, steam ships are immature, and there are a series of problems that are difficult to overcome. Before these problems are overcome, it is probably not a responsibility to blindly advocate steam ships. Responsible attitude?"

After finishing speaking, Ye Luofei was a little complacent and impatient. He felt that it was time for him, a real expert, to perform. He will pay back double the humiliation he received just now!

Li Xiao was still so calm, and calmly replied: "I'm sorry, Colonel Feizinov, I didn't understand your question? What did you just say?"

Ye Luofei gave Li Xiao a look of disdain, and thought to himself: [I can't even understand the words, this level still has the face to call myself a grand duke, it's really not embarrassing. Sure enough, a bastard is a bastard! Dog meat is not allowed on the table! 】

Yerofei raised his head and replied with a little pride: "I'm asking, before the series of problems of the steam ship have not been overcome..."

Li Xiao cut him off directly and asked, "What are the series of problems you called? Why haven't I heard of any insurmountable problems with steam ships? It's not a good habit to scare people!"

Ye Luofei felt more and more that Li Xiao was ignorant, and that there was no need to complain about the problems of steam ships, so he caught a lot of them. But seeing Li Xiao throwing himself into a trap to seek death, he is also willing to give it a go:

"How can you be alarmist? Don't you know, Your Excellency? To put it simply, the reliability of steam engines and boilers is not very good, right? The steam engines and boilers we spent huge sums of money can't meet the needs of long-term voyages. How can this be? Are you saying it's a big problem?"

Li Xiao smiled, and asked again: "How did you see that steam engines and boilers cannot meet the needs of long-term voyages?"

Ye Luofei sneered: "Is it worth watching? Almost all steam ships can work for three to five days at most, and then they either burn out the coal or break down themselves. Isn't this the case with the steam ships in our fleet?

Are you ready to turn a blind eye! "

There were whispers in the venue, and everyone was attracted by Ye Luofei. After all, his reaction was very realistic. If steamships are really that bad, they really shouldn't be strongly advocated.

It's just that Ye Luofei, who was complacent, didn't notice Grand Duke Constantine's face. The Grand Duke didn't mean to be happy at all, but looked at Ye Luofei as if he was about to breathe fire.

The reason is actually very simple. Grand Duke Constantine supports steam ships, and he only opposes Li Xiao. Before, he had repeatedly told Ye Luofei that he must control the attack area, and he could let go of attacking Li Xiao, but it was best not to attack the steam ship. Even if you want to focus on a few points that Li Xiao emphasizes his opposition.

But now it's a good thing, Ye Luofei was swept away by the iron rod as soon as he came up, which suppressed Li Xiao's arrogance, but also severely damaged the reputation of the steam ship. Where does this put his naval innovation plan?

Naturally, Grand Duke Constantine hated Ye Luofei very much. But think about it, in fact Ye Luofei is not easy, Grand Duke Constantine's request is unreasonable, it is difficult to balance both ends.

And just now Li Xiao's heavy blow at the beginning made Ye Luofei eager to win back, so he couldn't help but use too much force, after all, the old man still wanted to perform well.

At this time, the triumphant Ye Luofei looked at Li Xiao with a victorious smile, and he asked a little cheerfully, "Your Excellency, you have no explanation for this? Is there anything you want to say?"

From Ye Luofei's point of view, he was the one to win this round. After all, there were those unusable steamships in the Baltic Sea as examples. How could the other side refute?

But Li Xiao was still able to refute. He sighed and looked at Ye Luofei with a pitiful look, as if he was looking at a mentally handicapped person.

"Colonel Fedinov, I have to ask you, how long have you not cared about the actual operation of the steamship?"

Ye Luofei frowned, and asked angrily: "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this? Let me tell you, before I came to question, I specifically asked about the use of steam ships in my Baltic Fleet. My statement There is evidence!"

"No, no, no!" Li Xiao shook his head and said, "What I'm asking is how long have you not paid attention to the use of steam ships in countries with higher levels of steam engines and boiler technology? Do you know that there are a large number of steam ships in the British Royal Navy can use steam power to sail at sea for a long time."

"For example, the Black Hawk sailed more than 20,000 nautical miles using steam power from 1843 to 1847, with an average of more than 4,000 nautical miles a year using steam power."

Li Xiao sneered, and said: "According to the use of steam ships by the Royal Navy this year, as long as the maintenance is reasonable, steam ships can sail at sea for a long time, and because they are completely unaffected by wind force and direction, the longer the distance The sailing efficiency is higher than that of traditional sailboats."

After speaking, Li Xiao paused slightly, and said with a sneer, "As for the unusable steam ships in the Baltic Fleet, Colonel Feizinov, with all due respect, can you tell me when they are all old antiques?"

"By the way, I forgot to mention. As far as I know, the maintenance costs of the steam ships of the Baltic Fleet are often misappropriated. What do you think the ships that cannot even guarantee the maintenance work can do?"

Ye Luofei's face changed. He really didn't pay attention to the use of steamships in the Royal Navy. Since steamships had performed poorly in the Baltic Fleet, he felt that fact would suffice.

But the example Li Xiao gave slapped him in the face, and then ruthlessly ridiculed the poor performance of the steamships of the Baltic Fleet, which was entirely a man-made disaster and had nothing to do with the ships. It was easy to defuse his attack, but it made him a little bit embarrassed.

Immediately, Ye Luofei groaned secretly in his heart, he had to fight back immediately, but from which side to attack? To attack Li Xiao's arrogance without embarrassing Grand Duke Constantine, who supports the steamship, is really embarrassing for him...