The Counterattack of the Villains in the Movie World

Chapter 268 Five Aircraft Carrier Formation
People in Tokyo City have developed the habit of reading and listening to newspapers in the past year.

This habit actually came from Nanjing City, but Tokyo City is absolutely unwilling to admit it.

Because in the eyes of Tokyo people, Tokyo City is the capital of the Ming Empire in the true sense. It was only because His Majesty Emperor Wu, who loved the people like a son, was unwilling to waste people and money, but he could not live without the office of the Imperial Palace and Six Ministries, so the capital was temporarily moved to Nanjing City.

Otherwise, why does National Highway No. 1 lead from Nanjing City to Tokyo City instead of other cities?

Because of the Yangtze River Waterway and National Highway No. 1, the communication between Nanjing City and Tokyo City is also very frequent. The distance of more than 200 kilometers can be easily crossed in half a day, and there is even a round trip in a day.

"Read the newspaper, read the newspaper, Caishikou read the newspaper."

On the streets of Tokyo, there are newsboys waving the newspapers in their hands, shouting while running. From time to time, they meet rich and literate people and sell one or two newspapers. It looks very similar to Shanghai Tang decades later. .

More people who could not afford newspapers, or were illiterate, went to Caishikou after hearing the cries of the newsboys.

Even though reading newspapers lasts for a whole day after the newspapers are printed and issued every day, many people still hope to hear them as soon as possible.

As a result, Caishikou quickly gathered a lot of people.

This situation plays out every day in Tokyo city.

The time is eight o'clock in the morning. Although the time reform is due to the inconvenience of transportation and information exchange, and the level of cognition has not been fully raised, it has not really passed the entire territory of the Ming Empire. In this place, everyone is used to using the new style of time.

The clock tower built at Caishikou half a year ago rang in time, which caused some people who had just come to Tokyo City to shift their attention to the huge clock at the top of the clock tower.

"You said, what if the person in the clock tower forgets the time and he pushes those three iron rods indiscriminately?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? The clock runs by itself."

"Why did Tie Bang Bang go by itself?"

"You ask me, I ask who to go to. If I knew, I would have gone to the Royal Academy of Sciences."

All kinds of whispered discussions stopped after the newspaper readers came to the stage. It is impossible for thousands of people to be really quiet at the entrance of the vegetable market, but the noise has been reduced to a minimum, because everyone wants to listen to the newspapers.

Newspapers are nothing new in the land of China. Similar official newspaper reading behaviors have appeared a long time ago. During the Tang Dynasty, there were official newspapers facing capital officials. In 1822, there were foreigners in China. We run newspapers, which are published in Macau and Guangzhou.

But there has never been a newspaper that is updated every day before, and people in no dynasty will feel that they cannot keep up with the times because they have not read or listened to the newspaper for a day.

The saying of not keeping up with the times is also learned from the process of reading and listening to newspapers.

"Daming Daily, November [-]th in the third year of Emperor Wu."

When the newspaper reader's voice sounded, Caishikou became even quieter.

"Today's important news: 1. His Majesty Emperor Wu arrived at the Royal Shipyard in Tokyo yesterday, visited more than 2 workers in the Royal Shipyard, visited and guided the work of the Royal Shipyard. 3. Academician Zhang, Chief Scientist of the Royal Academy of Sciences , led the team to develop the world's first flashlight. 4. Under the guidance of His Majesty Emperor Wu, the Royal Academy of Sciences participated in the research and design. The world's first wristwatch, the three-year commemorative model of Emperor Wu of Ming Dynasty, officially went on sale today. The Daming National Watch Store in the shopping mall in the New District of Nanjing City, and the Daming National Watch Specialty Store in the Commercial Street of the Tokyo New District. 5. The Qing court sent [-] troops to attack the Wuchang area of ​​our Ming Dynasty, and was attacked again by our Daming Army Lieutenant General Shi Dakai. [-]..."

Listening to these news summaries, everyone's curiosity was raised, although many people already wanted
The newspaper reader also drank a few sips of water, took deep breaths, coughed softly a few times to clear his throat, and then continued to read the newspaper: "When His Majesty Emperor Wu visited the Royal Shipyard, he was impressed by the world's largest warship under construction. Send, write a poem: The scenery of the Northland, thousands of miles of ice..."

Although the Qinhuang has successfully sailed into the sea, when it was announced to the public, it was still under construction.

This is also normal, let alone an aircraft carrier, even an ordinary cargo ship cannot be delivered directly for use on the day it is launched.

After all, it is something that often needs to be sailed on the sea for several months, or even a few years. It really can't be pulled out for use without the trial sailing in the sea for a few months now.

Not only the Qinhuang itself had to go on a trial voyage, but the crew on board also needed to be familiar with such a huge warship, and even more so with all the artillery weapons on board.

When there were no airplanes, aircraft carriers could only be regarded as giant forts at sea, and firing artillery at sea and on land had completely different effects.

For example, mortars are basically impossible to use on ships. When the shooting arc is too high, a slight turbulence of the hull may affect the shooting trajectory, and then there will be a situation where there is a difference of thousands of miles.

No matter how big the aircraft carrier is, whether it shakes or not depends on how big the waves are.

However, even in the newspapers, it was still announced that the Qinhuang was under construction, but the spies from various countries who had been staying in Tokyo did not just believe what the newspapers said.

The Royal Shipyard in Tokyo City has always been the focus of attention of all countries, and its importance is not even weaker than that of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Ming Dynasty.

One of the very important reasons is that there are more than 5 people in this shipyard.

What concept is this?
"They have very advanced science and technology, and they also have a shipyard with the largest number of workers in the world, but why have they only built such a... warship in two years?"

The person who asked this sentence was full of surprise and puzzlement in his eyes.

What brought him such complicated feelings was naturally the world's first aircraft carrier, the Qinhuang of the Ming Empire.

Such a huge ship has gone to sea, and it is still on the seaside of Tokyo city, how could it not be seen?

Now is not the future, setting up a military restricted zone can really ban everyone, especially at sea.

The Pacific Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Ming Empire, whose navy is very weak, has all the warships pulled out, and it is not enough for the British to fight.Even the Beiyang Navy, which was established during the Westernization Movement, was known as the number one in Asia, but it could only rank ninth in the world.

Let alone now?
The British unscrupulously approached a certain distance with the Clippers, and then looked at them with binoculars.

"Let's go first, their boat is coming."

Noticing that the wooden warships guarding the Qinhuang had rushed towards the clipper he was on, the captain immediately suggested retreating.

They were not afraid of the Ming Navy, but they did not dare to fight against the Ming Navy at sea, because the Ming Empire was not the Qing court, and they had already suffered the consequences of starting a war easily.

The British intelligence personnel reluctantly agreed to retreat, and then looked at the huge iron-clad warship that was getting farther and farther in the telescope, puzzled.

"Zhao Wuji, Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty, was not a stupid person. His white horse sharpshooter and record, as well as the ever-changing speed of scientific and technological development, and the continuous improvement of industrial capabilities all illustrate this point. But why did he build such a ship to be used in naval battles? Among them, what about the battleship that can only be regarded as a target?"

It is impossible for intelligence personnel to analyze the truth by themselves, and no one in the world can analyze the truth, because the concept of airplanes does not yet exist in this world.

According to the original history, the world's first airplane will not be built until the next century.

Even if some geniuses thought of the concept of 'aircraft', it was impossible to think of the role of aircraft in war and the cooperation with aircraft carriers.

But the information was still passed on.

Not only the United Kingdom has intelligence personnel in Tokyo, but the United States, Tsarist Russia and other countries all have spies in Tokyo.

The shipyard with more than 5 workers cannot be ignored by the whole world.

Although they also know that the Royal Shipyard in Tokyo City and a supporting steel factory divert away a large number of shipbuilders, the problem is that Chinese people have no concept of working hours.

Whether it is an industrial powerhouse like the United Kingdom or an emerging industrial country like the United States, they still maintain the working hours of working at sunrise and resting at sunset.Not because they are humane, in fact, there are still a large number of slaves in the United States, who are not treated as human beings at all.

The problem is that they don't have electricity and lights, and people in this era generally have night blindness, and their work efficiency at night is very low.

The Ming Empire already had electricity and electric lights a year ago. At the beginning, they were only supplied to factories in the military industry, and now they have begun to turn to civilian use. It can be seen that the technological and industrial progress of the Ming Empire in these two areas has reached the peak. To an incredible degree.

"More than 5 people built such a warship in two years? I thought that the Chinese people were no longer ignorant because of the Ming Empire. I didn't expect that Zao Wou-ki, who made us all afraid, had things he didn't understand. Hahaha... When I have the opportunity to fight with them at sea, I will let them know what a target is."

"I was thinking, if they can build such a large ship, can they also build smaller warships that are more suitable for naval warfare?"

"No, I received news that they will build four such target warships, all of which have been named. In addition to the Qinhuang, there are Hanwu, Tangzong, Songzu, Genghis Khan."

"Isn't this the emperor's name in Chinese history? Scholars in China will agree with Zao Wou-ki's use of these names?"

"Who dares to disagree, hahaha, but after these emperors are sunk by us, those scholars will definitely explode. When Zhao Wuji was invincible, he had the final say on everything, but once he ate Defeated, hehehe..."

Discussions about the Qinhuang continued, but they did not spread from the circle of foreigners to the people of the Ming Empire, because the Ming Empire officials did not declare that the Qinhuang was built, nor did they hold a grand handover ceremony.

By the time the news reached the mainland of each country, it was already a month later.

That is to say, during this month, the Daming Royal Shipyard started the construction of four warships at the same time.

Of course, it is impossible for Wu Yan to build five aircraft carriers in a row, that would consume too much national power of the Ming Empire.

It’s not because of lack of money. After Anne changed his mind, Wu Yan suddenly found that making money is too easy. Apart from improving the overall productivity, creating more social wealth, and using his status as emperor to make money, he has many other things to do. The act of 'competing for profit with the people'.

Like selling watches.

But this is not really "competing for profit with the people", because no one except his people can make watches, and even pocket watches can't be made.

The real wasted power is 'time'.

It was already 1856 at this time. Although the Cromian War was due to Wu Yan’s provision of the white horse sharpshooter, countries such as Britain, France, and Tsarist Russia started the war a little slower than normal history, and they were all making guns with all their strength. But it will end eventually.

And when this war is over, the eyes of the whole world will turn to Huaxia, or the Ming Empire.

At that time, Wu Yan must have a capable naval force.

So he plans to build the warships that belong to the formation of the aircraft carrier formation of the Pacific Fleet first.

And it is a formation ship that directly builds five aircraft carrier formations.

The first to be built were four battleships.

Before the appearance of missiles and bombers, battleships were the warships with the most powerful firepower at sea. Although in terms of the development speed of the Ming Empire's military strength, battleships would be eliminated in less than 30 to [-] years.

But you can't just look at yourself, but also look at the speed of the enemy's development.

In 50 years, battleships will be the most powerful battleships in the world except Huaxia, so Wu Yan plans to build 15 battleships first.

Each aircraft carrier formation is equipped with three ships.

"After the 15 battleships are built, build 10 supply ships, 10 cruisers, 20 destroyers, and finally build the four aircraft carriers..."

Before leaving the shipyard, Wu Yan gave Li Hongzhang detailed instructions based on the plan obtained after Annie's calculation and analysis.

Li Hongzhang, who had just been promoted to the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy of the Ming Empire and the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet, naturally stated that he would do his best to die.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, with the experience of building the Qinhuang, I can start four shipbuilding lines at the same time, and within five months at most, I can open up four more shipbuilding lines..."

Wu Yan nodded and said, "The newly opened shipbuilding line within five months will reserve two cargo ships."

"Cargo ship?" Li Hongzhang was stunned for a moment, and then said worriedly: "Your Majesty, the barbarian nations in the west are constantly spying on you. If you want to build a cargo ship at this time..."

Wu Yan laughed and said, "If you don't build cargo ships, how can you get money to build warships?"

Li Hongzhang understood in an instant, and confessed: "It's my ignorance, please punish me, Your Majesty."

"Okay, that's it."

Wu Yan waved his hand and set off to return to Nanjing.

(End of this chapter)