Daming Military Empire

Chapter 170
The turbulent waves of the Bohai Sea in May are not a good season to go to sea. However, in May of the sixth year of Chongzheng, countless ships gathered on the Bohai Sea. Some of them are more than 20 feet long and can carry more than a hundred people. Cang boats, as well as sloops with oars and sand boats, there are probably thousands of them if you count them carefully. It is really spectacular to cover the sun with sails and oars.

At this time, they had no affiliation with each other, and thousands of large and small warships did not gather together, but were divided into five large and small ones, including the Denglai Navy in Shandong and the Jiangnan Navy in Nanzhili. Army, Zhejiang Navy, and Guangdong Navy, the largest of which is undoubtedly the Fujian Navy after Zheng Zhilong's integration, with more than 1000 ships of all sizes and nearly [-] sailors!

These are not all of Zheng Zhi's Longshui Army, the [-] elite under him are currently guarding their eldest son Zheng Chenggong in the East Day Camp.Of course, the protagonist of Dongdaying is not Zhennan Prince Zheng Chenggong, he is just a small follower, and the real protagonist is naturally Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong.

Zhu Cijiong came to Dongdaying this time mainly to form a naval division. Although the first-class sailing battleship has not been built yet, the naval gun has been successfully developed and officially put into production. Ming’s shipbuilding technology is not bad, as long as there is no problem with the naval gun Well, the battleship is actually equal to the successful development, just wait for the hull to be built and install the naval guns on it.

The establishment of a naval force cannot be completed in a day or two, and after the formation is completed, weapons must be equipped and drilled in a unified manner. If the naval force is formed after the battleship is built, it may take until this time next year for the Ming Navy to form a battleship. Naturally, Zhu Cijiong didn't want to waste so much time, so he decided to start building a navy now, equip them with weapons, and conduct unified drills.

At this time, Zhu Cijiong was standing on the fort near the sea of ​​Dongdaying, looking at the warships on the sea. Behind him was a large group of generals, including Shi Kefa, the commander of the Second Army of the Imperial Guard, Huang Long, the general of the Denglai Navy, and Zheng Zhilong's younger brother. Zheng Zhihu, acting commander of the Fujian Navy, and so on.While looking around, Zhu Cijiong asked the generals next to him for basic information such as the number of people on board, weapon equipment, attack and defense speed, etc. After listening to the descriptions of the generals, Zhu Cijiong felt really mixed.

When Chengzu was born, there were dozens of giant ships hundreds of meters long, and now the largest battleship of the Daming Navy is only about 500 meters long, and the number of such big ships is not as many as that of Zheng Zhilong, who was born as a pirate. Zheng Zhilong's fleet has There are more than 400 large ships, but the total number of naval forces in the four coastal provinces of Daming is only more than [-]!
The Daming Navy has an absolute advantage in the number of small boats. Zheng Zhilong only has more than 600 small boats, but the Daming Navy has more than 2000 small boats!This is not so much an advantage, but a shame. This kind of low boat that can only carry a dozen people is super fast. With eight oars and the help of sails, it is like flying. However, this has to be in the coastal waters. If it goes to the ocean, this kind of small boat does not need to be driven by others, and it may be overturned by huge waves in minutes.

That is to say, the Daming navy can still use its numerical advantage to deal with Zheng Zhilong's fleet in the coastal waters. Once out of the coastal waters, it is no match for them at all. The entire Daming navy can't beat a pirate, which is really great. Irony!

And their weapons, whether they are officers or pirates, are all birdcracks and earthen cannons, what's more, there are even hooks and hooks!
Just Zheng Zhilong boasted that even the Dutch were no match for him on the southeast coast, maybe they were merchant ships, hundreds of lucky boats surrounded dozens of merchant ships, they were indeed no match.If it's someone's regular navy, they don't need too many, as long as they come with forty or fifty battleships, they will definitely beat Zheng Zhilong to the ground.

After watching it for a while, Zhu Cijiong felt uninterested, alas, everything has to be changed, and it costs money.Zhu Cijiong has to rely on the navy to compete with the big powers for supremacy at sea. Bird guns and earth cannons, forget it, throw them all in the small blast furnace and forget them. As for the hook sickle and hook lock, if they are interested, they can keep them. Let's go, at least use it when capturing merchant ships.

After a little calculation, Zhu Cijiong felt distressed for a while, and he was about to bleed again. All Fuchuan must be accompanied by at least one 2-type howitzer as the main gun. If time permits, it will be refitted. With a five-inch cannon, it is called a battleship, otherwise it can only be regarded as an armed merchant ship.These thousand or so ships alone need to be equipped with more than 4 cannons. If calculated according to the price sold to Kong Dede, a cannon is 2 taels. How much is more than [-]? It's bloody!
There are also these thousands of small boats. It is definitely unrealistic to throw them all away, and it is also unrealistic to equip them with artillery. What is the individual weapon? Naturally, it is the latest revolver semi-automatic rifle. There are nearly [-] small boats. Even if there are only fifteen or six people on each boat, that is nearly [-] revolver semi-automatic rifles!
There are also musketeers on the Dafu ship. Even if there are only fifty musketeers on each ship, there will be nearly [-] revolver semi-automatic rifles.

Zhu Cijiong originally planned to equip the cavalry in Liaodong with revolver semi-automatic rifles, but now that he thinks about it, it’s better to allocate them to the navy first. Sun Chengzong in Liaodong is now advancing the fortress. The cavalry is actually not very useful. Wait for the navy to equip It's the same for them to equip after finishing.

There is also the remaining artillery, and they cannot be left empty-handed. Each person must have a revolver for self-defense, plus the artillery on the fifty sailing battleships, at least one hundred thousand revolvers must be equipped!

Of course, he may not be equipped with such a good weapon, and directly fight with others with his life. Maybe he can win a squadron of only a few dozen battleships of the great powers.But, then, what to do next, this navy is not the army, especially the navy of this era, it is to control the sails, the general army may need to train for several years to skillfully control the sails, can he afford to wait?
He couldn't afford to wait, so no matter how many guns he had, he had to equip them. Now the entire Ming Dynasty has only these two hundred thousand skilled sailors, and they can't afford to be injured at all, otherwise no one will build more sailing battleships. Open, what's the point of that.

After considering the issue of weapons and equipment, the next step is the formation of the navy. Zhu Cijiong plans to continue to use the formation of the legion and divide the 20 navy into two legions, or two navy.

One is mainly Zheng Zhilong's navy, with a staff of 25, equipped with [-] first-class sailing battleships, [-] Fuchuan, and [-] small warships. The Fujian Navy Base is the main base and is mainly responsible for the southeast coast. At the same time, it is responsible for protecting the Ming merchant ships in the Indian Ocean region, and transporting weapons, ammunition and supplies for Ming's overseas garrisons.As for the name, it is called Nanyang Navy, Nanyang Nanyang, and perhaps one day, the entire Nanyang will be dominated by Nanyang Navy.

One is dominated by the naval forces of Ming Dynasty, and the insufficient ones are supplemented by Zheng Zhilong's naval forces. All the naval forces of Shandong, Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong are gathered together to form an army of 10 people, with a staff of 25. Equipped with [-] first-class sailing battleships, [-] Fuchuan ships, and [-] small warships, with Dongdaying Xingang as the main base, it is mainly responsible for the coastal defense of the eastern coast, and is also responsible for eliminating pirates and Japanese pirates in the East China Sea. To prepare for the colonization of Japan, the name is Beiyang Navy. This name is a painful memory in a certain period of history, but in the Ming Dynasty, in the Chongzheng Dynasty, he will definitely create a glorious history.

As for the naval generals, Zhu Cijiong felt very helpless. On the side of the Daming Navy, Huang Long, the chief soldier of the Denglai Navy, was worthy of use. How could other Zhu Cijiong feel unreliable.On the contrary, Zheng Zhilong's subordinates, Zheng Zhihu, Zheng Xing, Zheng Ming, Yang Geng, Chen Hui, Zheng Cai, etc., were all extremely sturdy and unusually strong, and they looked like rare fighters.

In this case, if they are not reused because of their origins, but some unreliable Ming army generals are reused, they will definitely have grudges in their hearts.And once these unreliable generals of the Ming army are reused, the combat effectiveness will definitely be reduced by a level. The so-called soldiers who love one, will love a nest. Zhu Cijiong didn't want the Ming Navy to eventually become a tofu project, so he decided to boldly use Zheng Zhilong Generals under his command.

The so-called no need for suspects, no doubts for employing people, at least when Zheng Chenggong was in power, there was no traitor among these people, and that was enough.In the future, the navy will be handed over to Zheng Chenggong. They did not betray Zheng Chenggong under such a bad situation in Nanming, so in Chongzheng Dynasty, when the situation is good, they are even less likely to betray Zheng Chenggong.

Now that he decided to reuse Zheng Zhilong's generals, Zhu Cijiong no longer hesitated, and directly appointed all the senior generals of the Nanyang Navy and Beiyang Navy.He issued an edict that day:
Mention Huanglong as the admiral and the chief general of the Beiyang navy, Yang Geng and Chen Hui as the generals and deputy generals of the Beiyang navy; Zheng Zhihu as the admiral and the chief general of the Nanyang navy, and Zheng Xing and Zheng Ming as the generals Bing, served as the deputy general of the Nanyang Navy.

As for Zheng Cai, we can only let him follow Zheng Chenggong first. He is mainly responsible for teaching Zheng Chenggong the knowledge of naval warfare, and is also responsible for protecting Zheng Chenggong's travel safety. Jin Yiwei, if Zheng Chenggong wants to come to Dongdaying to learn naval drills, he will be responsible for accompanying and protecting him.

Even though the sailing battleship has not been built yet, the two navy divisions can at least start to conduct unified drills, and the Fuchuan can also start to refit. As for the revolver semi-automatic rifle and revolver, wait for Wang Gongchang While making them, you can also slowly equip them.

In view of the fact that there are no potential safety hazards along the coast of Daming recently, Zhu Cijiong simply ordered all the Beiyang Navy and Nanyang Navy to station in the Dongdaying Camp for drills. The division will almost be able to form a combat force. At that time, the Japanese and Dutch invaders must be careful. Zhu Cijiong has long disliked them, and Da Ming has tolerated them for a long time!

(End of this chapter)