Daming Military Empire

Chapter 262

After the army is reorganized, the next step is the navy. Zhu Cijiong has always attached great importance to the construction of the navy, because this era is the era of great navigation, and no matter how strong the land power is, it is fake. As long as the great powers control the sea, they will develop colonies everywhere and search Wealth, even if it is smashed with silver, can knock you down!
It can be said that maritime hegemony is the theme of this era, but due to the ravages of Japanese pirates, the Ming Dynasty imposed a sea ban for more than 100 years, and its naval strength shrank sharply. It was the peak period of Zheng He's voyages to the West.

Fortunately, although the strength of the Ming Dynasty Navy is weak, the foundation of shipbuilding is still there. After the artillery technology catches up, building super battleships will not be a problem at all. After several years of development, the strength of the Ming Dynasty Navy has grown explosively. There are more than 1000 Fuchuan warships, nearly [-] small warships of various types, and three giant treasure ships. It can be said that they already have the strength to compete with the great powers at sea.

Moreover, under the leadership of Zhu Cijiong, the shipbuilding industry of Ming Dynasty has also developed rapidly. The shipyard in Dongdaying has reached the annual production capacity of [-] super battleships and [-] treasure ships. One super battleship and five treasure ships will be delivered soon, which is a great time to reorganize the navy.

In Zhu Cijiong's plan, the naval corps is also divided into three classes, but now there are only two first-class corps, the Nanyang Navy and the Beiyang Navy, and the second-class and third-class corps are blank. After more than two years of training, the army can basically operate warships, so Zhu Cijiong decided to reorganize it into three third-class corps, and he also plans to form another navy reserve corps. After a period of careful consideration, the reorganization plan of the Ming Navy was finally released.

First of all, equip all the newly produced [-] super battleships to the Nanyang Navy and Beiyang Navy, so that both navy have [-] super battleships, forming a super fleet of pure battleships. As for the eliminated Fuchuan The battleships are used to form third-class legions, and Zhu Cijiong has also decided on their names. They are the North Sea Fleet, the East China Sea Fleet, and the South China Sea Fleet. The Reserve Corps is stationed in the South Camp for drills. The specific personnel and equipment configuration are as follows:
The Beiyang Navy of the first-class regiment, the commander is the first-rank five-star general Huanglong, [-] artillerymen, [-] sailors, one giant treasure ship, one hundred super battleships, and each artilleryman is equipped with a revolver and two grenades. Each is equipped with a revolver and five grenades.

The Nanyang Navy of the first-class regiment, the commander is the first-rank five-star general Zheng Zhihu, [-] artillerymen, [-] sailors, one giant treasure ship, one hundred super battleships, and each artilleryman is equipped with a revolver and two grenades. Each is equipped with a revolver and five grenades.

The North Sea Fleet of the third-class army, the commander is the third-rank and one-star general Yang Geng, [-] artillerymen, [-] sailors, one giant treasure ship, [-] Fuchuan warships, and [-] other small warships. Each soldier is equipped with a revolver and two grenades, and each sailor is equipped with a Type [-] flintlock gun and five grenades.

The East Sea Fleet of the third-class regiment, the commander is the third-rank and one-star general Chen Hui, with [-] artillerymen, [-] sailors, one giant treasure ship, [-] Fuchuan warships, and [-] other small warships. Each soldier is equipped with a revolver and two grenades, and each sailor is equipped with a Type [-] flintlock gun and five grenades.

The South Sea Fleet of the third-class army, the commander is the third-rank and one-star general Zheng Xing, with [-] artillerymen, [-] sailors, one giant treasure ship, [-] Fuchuan warships, and [-] other small warships. Each soldier is equipped with a revolver and two grenades, and each sailor is equipped with a Type [-] flintlock gun and five grenades.

The navy reserve corps, the commander is three-rank and one-star general Zheng Ming, with [-] artillery and [-] sailors, is stationed at the Naval Base of Nandaying to train the operation of guns, artillery and warships, and is responsible for the garrison of all bastions and forts on the southeast line of defense. As for the equipment, they can only use Type [-] flintlock guns that were eliminated by the Beiyang Navy and Nanyang Navy, and the artillery can only use the artillery on the bastions and forts. The battleships can only be reorganized by the five major armies. How much is left after that!
After reorganization, the navy of the Ming Dynasty will reveal the embryonic form of an invincible navy. Of course, there is still a certain distance from being truly invincible. So a little bit.

Of course, this is not counting colonial expansion. If Ming Dynasty starts colonial expansion, it must send fleets to garrison the colonies. At that time, warships will be scattered all over the world. It is equivalent to not having warships, because according to the current navigation Speed, it is not bad if the fleet sent out can come back in half a year, if there is any battle, there is no hope at all.

There is such a fatal problem in the Age of Discovery. If you don’t open up colonies, you can only stay at home and watch them steal money and grow stronger. In the end, you will definitely be trampled underfoot. If you go to open up colonies, Warships are stationed everywhere, and the number of warships seems to never be enough!
This problem seems to be a terminal illness that cannot be solved in the sail power era. You must know that there were more than 5000 ocean-going ships of various types in the Netherlands in its heyday, and the number was three times the total number of ships in other countries in the world. Just them Still defeated by Britain and France!

Of course, Ming is different from the Netherlands, because the Netherlands has another fatal flaw, that is, their population is too small. The current shipbuilding capacity of the Netherlands should far exceed that of Ming, because they only became independent in 1588, and they have not stopped until now. In 50 years, more than 1 large ships capable of oceangoing have been built, which proves that they can build at least more than 200 large ships every year, so why do they have so few super battleships?
The main reason was that they were too few. At that time, the entire country of the Netherlands had only about 100 million people. If more than 1 ships were super battleships, what would happen? A super battleship can have more than 100 cannons. The artillery needs three to 400 people, and the other sailing ships need at least a hundred people. In this way, it is useless for the Netherlands to move all the people in the country to the super battleship!So they can only maintain the number of two to three hundred super battleships, no matter how many, no one will control them.

Of course, this problem does not exist in Ming Dynasty. According to the current number of Ming Dynasty’s navy, it is more than enough to control a thousand super battleships. Now it is only a matter of time. It is not impossible!

(End of this chapter)