The meal adopts the form of a Western buffet, with all kinds of dishes and wine placed on the dining table in the center, and officers from both sides can use it at will, and they can chat and talk to each other. Overall, the atmosphere is good, after all, both sides need to cooperate now.

Although Wang Hailong can't speak Japanese, he has a strong English ability. Togo Heihachiro had studied in the UK for 8 years, so his English is naturally good, so both sides can communicate directly in English without translation. Although Togo Heihachiro is not good at speaking, he still responds to his words. Moreover, when talking about some naval affairs, it can also arouse some interest from Togo Heihachiro. Of course, at this time, no one will say bad things. When talking about sensitive topics, both sides are very consciously silent.

After eating and drinking for a while, both sides also began to perform some performances. First, the military bands of both sides played their own music. Each warship had their own warship band, which was a naval tradition. The Japanese navy learned a lot from the UK. Of course, the bands of the People's Army were all composed of soldiers who traveled through time. Although they were amateurs, their level was not bad at all. They also specially played a Japanese folk song [Spring of the North], and they were sung in Japanese, which surprised the Japanese officers. Although no one had heard this song, from the musical style and the meaning of the words, this was obviously a Japanese folk song full of Japanese style.

[Spring of the North] was originally written in 1977 in the old time and space. It was a song that expressed missing my hometown. It is generally believed that the place to be sung was Iwate Prefecture, the six northeastern prefectures in Japan. At that time, Japan was in a period of economic growth. Many young people who left the northern rural areas for study or making a living saw their own figures from this song and heard their thoughts but did not say them. Therefore, this song soon became popular in Japan. Since China and Japan entered a period of friendship in the 1980s, this song was spread to China as a cultural exchange activity between China and Japan at that time, including Hong Kong and Taiwan. Many well-known singers have covered this song. It can be said that it is one of the most widely circulated Japanese folk songs in Chinese society.

Most Japanese officers just found it a little strange, but they didn't think much about it. Moreover, it was a foreign country, and it was always a pleasant thing to hear folk songs from their own country. Therefore, many Japanese officers hummed together, and after the song ended, it also attracted a burst of warm applause from the Japanese side.

However, although Togo Hirahachiro and Akiyama Mano also made several moves, their faces became very serious. The ability of overseas Chinese to write such Japanese style folk songs shows that they have had a very in-depth and long-term study of Japan's history and culture. For in-depth and long-term research on the history and culture of other countries, they either love the history and culture of this country very much, or they want to conquer this country. Of course, these two points are not contradictory. For example, Japan loves China's history and culture very much, but has always wanted to conquer China. So what about overseas Chinese? Is it the same?

In addition to joining forces with overseas Chinese to deal with Russia, observing the aura of overseas Chinese is also an important task. Although overseas Chinese have not sent out their strongest warships, they can also learn a lot of things by just observing people.

In fact, the time traveler didn't think so much, but he just performed a Japanese folk song to help him join in the fun. This is something that is often used to communicate with foreign troops in the old time and space, and no one takes it seriously.

Of course, Togo Hirahachiro and Akiyama Matsuyuki would not say anything at this time. Next was the performance art of their respective armies. The Japanese side performed traditional Japanese sports such as Kendo, Judo, and Sumo, while the People's Army performed Chinese martial arts, magic, street dance, etc., and the officers and soldiers from both sides applauded and applauded each other, and raised their glasses from time to time to celebrate, and the atmosphere was very warm.

Then the two sides held some sports competitions, of course, they were all indirect confrontational, such as race, long jump, high jump, throwing, etc. The material and art performances just now were all played by time travel soldiers, and in competitive competitions, they were basically played by local soldiers, mainly to let local soldiers feel this atmosphere of friendship. Even in this era, the navy is not only used for combat, but also a representative of the image of the national army. Gunboat diplomacy is not only a deterrent of force, but also an action to show the national culture and military style. Therefore, with the exhibition of the People's Army Navy, such activities will be often participated in in the future, so soldiers must also adapt to this activity.

However, the physical fitness of local soldiers is much worse than that of Japanese soldiers, and the time travelers did not deliberately designate people to choose the competition, so the result of the competition was also less wins and more losses. On the contrary, the Beiyang Navy sent people to participate and won several games. The Japanese side was naturally very happy, and the Beiyang Navy was also very dissatisfied, and the time travelers didn't care about it. After all, this is just an ordinary game, winning and losing is common, and the military should be fought for on the battlefield, not to mention that the time travel soldiers have not yet appeared.

After a while of competition, the confrontational project was finally carried out - tug of war. The Japanese side simply sent two teams to participate, fighting against the People's Army and the Beiyang Navy. As a result, the People's Army was almost defeated. At the beginning, both sides were completely controlled by the Japanese army and had no resistance. The Beiyang Navy returned to the scene and went back and forth with the Japanese army. After several rounds and turns, the two sides fought for nearly 10 minutes before they were weak and defeated by the Japanese army.

But in the last game, the People's Army finally saved some faces. The football team composed of the Time Traveler Warriors easily defeated the Japanese army's football team 4:2 in the 5o minute game. Not only were the scores in the first and second halfs 2:1, but the progress of the game was the same. The Time Traveler first completely controlled the rhythm of the game, almost formed a siege against the Japanese team's goal, and scored two goals in a row, and then deliberately relaxed the rhythm so that Japan scored one goal so that it would not lose too ugly. As a result, Japan scored a goal in the second half, not only did all the Time Traveler not stop, but the goalkeeper did not even make a save move, and the intention to let the water was obvious. Therefore, after the goal, even the applause from Japan was sparse.

Although Togo Hachiro and Akiyama Matsuyuki's faces were a little embarrassed, they were relieved. They finally didn't lose too badly. Although they had never seen the game between Time Travelers against Britain, they also heard from the Japanese in Shanghai that since even Britain is not the opponent of overseas Chinese, it is normal for Japan to lose.

The friendship activities of the two armies ended in joy. Next, Wang Hailong and Sa Zhenbing and Togo Heihachiro negotiated the details of this military exercise, and conducted a sand table demonstration of the fleet type exercises, changes, and sea shooting of both sides. On the third day of the military exercise, the two sides will conduct a ship-style confrontation. Although it is completely practical, this is not a real practical battle after all, so what both sides need to consider is equality. If a battleship is used to deal with the cruiser, the ending is of course conceivable.

But if you want to compete for the main battleship, the People's Army is obviously at an absolute disadvantage. The Japanese army has two battleships and two large armored cruisers, and they are both new warships of this era. The People's Army only has one battleship, which is not a successful work, and of course it is incomparable. Therefore, both sides finally decided to send protective cruisers to participate in the ship confrontation. The Japanese fleet sent four warships, Takasa, Kasai, Yoshino, and Chitose.

The Yoshino was the main battleship of the Japanese Navy in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. In the Battle of Dadonggou, it served as the flagship of the 1st guerrillas of the United Fleet. Its displacement is 415o tons, its length is 109.73 meters, its width is 14.17 meters, its draft is 5.18 meters, and its voyage reaches an astonishing 23 knots. The ship-based weapons are 4 152mm caliber guns, 8 12omm caliber guns, and 22 47mm caliber Hakikas guns. Because it has both Gaoyan and a large number of medium caliber guns, the Yoshino was known as the best cruiser in the world at that time, and it is still out of date even now.

The Takasago is an upgraded version of the Yoshino class. It was put into service in 1898. The basic data is basically the same as that of the Yoshino. It not only inherited the Yoshino's Takasago, but also equipped with 2 2o3mm caliber artillery and 4 12omm caliber artillery, so its firepower is more powerful than that of the Yoshino.

The Kasai and Chitose are of the same class ships. They are a type of cruiser that Japan has customized to the United States to ease the tension with the United States on immigration issues. In terms of design, it inherits the characteristics of Yoshino-class light and flexible and powerful firepower. Due to the increase in tons, the firepower is stronger and it is also a type of protective cruiser with excellent performance. The displacement reaches 49oo tons (the Chitose is 476o tons), the ship's length is 12o.4 meters, the width is 15 meters, the draft is 5.31 meters, and the 22 knots of the shipboard weapons are 2 2o3 mm caliber fire guns, 10 152 mm caliber fire guns, 12 76 mm caliber fire guns, and 6 47 mm caliber Hakikas fire guns.

The People's Army sent the Orlando, the Hansha and the Beiyang Navy's Haiqi and Hairong.

But what is interesting is that the Haiqi and Yoshino and Takasaki of the Beiyang Navy are considered brothers of the same school. They are both designed by Philip Watts, a famous British ship designer, and built by the Elswick Shipyard of the Armstrong Company. Moreover, the former Beiyang Navy Deng Shichang was also designed and built by the Armstrong Company. However, since the Haiqi was built later than the Yoshino and Takasaki, it was slightly better in performance.

However, after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, protective cruisers could only exist as auxiliary forces for naval battles, and the main forces of naval battles were battleships and large armored cruisers. Therefore, in the Japanese Navy, the Yoshino and Takasago could only be listed as second-class cruisers.

Japan has a set of rules for ship confrontation exercises. First, it is to fight a single ship. Both sides travel from a distance of about 5 kilometers and can fire freely. The tactics are not restricted. The time is half an hour. The shell used is a red paint bullet, that is, the shell is filled with red paint. After hitting the opponent's warship, a mark of red paint will be left. The parts hitting the warship will be divided into three levels: the turret, the command room, the waterline belt is the first level, the hitting is 10 points, the other cabins are the second level, the hitting is 5 points, the ship, the stern, the mast, and the chimney are the third level, and the hitting is 3 points. Within the specified time, the score is calculated by the part hitting the opponent's warship, and the scorer is the most scored.

Then there is a formation confrontation, which is still composed of these four warships, with a time of 1 hour, and the score is still calculated based on the part of the opponent's warship. In the end, the party with the highest total score wins.

In fact, such calculation rules cannot fully reflect the actual situation. Because the parts of the shots are different, the lethality to the warships are completely different. In the Battle of Dadonggou, the two ships of the Beiyang Navy were shot for more than 30 yuan, but they still stood still and still had combat power. The main gun of the Zhenyuan ship hit the No. 4 gun position on the port side of the lower deck of the flagship of the Japanese fleet, the flagship of the Japanese fleet, and caused the shells placed in the gun position to explode. Although the Songdo was not sunk, it also caused the Songdo to suffer a severe blow, completely losing its combat power, and withdraw from the battle. The Japanese fleet commander Yuki Ito had to transfer the flagship to the Hashitara.
Chapter completed!