Lord of Ming Dynasty

In the end, Zheng Keshuang had to beg Ruan Jin to send another 2000 escort warships, [-] tons of warships, and [-] people were assigned to go there, so that they could still have some combat power.

After half a month, nearly 150 ships were all loaded, and they drove away unsteadily.

Twenty six-hundred-ton warships are the sailors and soldiers on these ships of the Huaxia Army's Third Fleet.

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Finally got Zheng Keshuang away again, and made more than 1000 million. Although Zheng Keshuang owed another 3000 million, they didn't get anything, right?

More than 900 ships can be driven away at one time?

This time only 120 ships were driven away, and [-] ships were escorted by the Third Fleet, and the sailors, officers and soldiers were also members of the Third Fleet.

Zhang Qiang slapped his head, and it seems that more than 300 ships have been driven away. Last time, there were more than 200 ships. This time, there are more than 100 ships. More than 900 ships are the last time plus this time, more than 700 ships.

In other words, more than 700 ships were actually decommissioned this time.

If more than 700 ships are divided into six fleets, the combat effectiveness of the fleet will not be damaged. The naval fleet of the Huaxia Kingdom will be divided from the initial fleet to two fleets, and from the two fleets to three fleets. Three to four, four to six, each of which actually retained two hundred warships of more than [-] tons, even if they were not enough, they were quickly built by the warships and warship shipyards behind.

The age difference between the earliest warships of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet was only three years.

The first fleet of the First Fleet was rebuilt from the Fuchuan and Guangzhou ships of the Ming Dynasty. After retiring, some of them were remodeled and sold to merchants, and some were thrown to the Yangtze River Naval Guard. The Yangtze River Naval Guard began It was prepared in Hangzhou Mansion for the capture of Jinling Mansion, and later stationed in Jinling Mansion to receive some remodeled ships from the First Fleet. These ships are actually Clark ship-type armed merchant ships made by the Huaxia Army itself.

Most of these ships were warships ranging from 180 to [-] tons, and they were warships at that time.

With the establishment of the Second Fleet, the First Fleet split up. The Second Fleet also has the first-generation modified ships about 17 years ago, and the tonnage has increased to 350 tons.

When the Third Fleet was established, the warships of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet already had the ship types of 380-320-ton Fuchuan and [-]-ton Guangzhou Ship.

At this time, it was time to confront Hong Chengchou's Qing army along the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River Naval Guard officially accepted more retired old ships. After two years, new Galen ships also came out.

The tonnage reached [-] tons.

The swarming shipyards launched, making the warships of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet too many to count. The 15-year-old ships were retreated to the Yangtze River Navy Guard, and some dozens of 180 ships from the enemy were seized. tons and [-]-ton, or even [-]-ton ships.

Later, other coastal naval guards appeared, called Shibosi at that time, to patrol and maintain order in the [-] nautical miles along the coast.

The First Fleet and the Second Fleet began to refit with new Galen ships, and the number of old ships accepted by the Navy Fleet and the City Ship Division reached a thousand.

It was 12 years ago when the Third Fleet came out.

Galen ships have also gone from the first generation 15 years ago to the third generation 12 years ago. At this time, the Yangtze River Fleet kept some second-generation Galen ships, and their old ships were also decommissioned to the Shi Ship Division. At this time, the Department of Maritime Ships is here in Hangzhou Prefecture. The Third Fleet is separated, and after receiving some old ships from the First and Second Fleets, the Fourth Fleet also came out. At this time, it is already helping Li Dingguo to fight against the Nanming Kingdom. It's time.

When the Second Fleet and the Third Fleet landed in Baodao Prefecture and began to guard Baozhong Mansion, the fourth generation was actually a warship of the Huaxia Navy with an increased tonnage, [-] tons, [-] tons, they were already ten Years ago the ship type.

When Annan was attacked, the old Fuchuan and the old Cantonese ships were basically eliminated. There were only a small number of old Fuchuan and old Cantonese ships left in the fleet, and most of them were dismantled or sold to merchants. At this time, the sea trade of merchants has been vigorously developed.

Most of them were also sold to Zheng Chenggong, some Han families in Nanyang.

Even the warships of the Shibo Division have been changed. They are no longer the Dafu Ship and the Daguang Ship. They have also used the previous battleships and warships.

The reason why we say that there are still some old ships and warships from 17 years ago is because the Yangtze River Navy Garrison kept many old ships for the battle against Hong Chengchou’s Qing army, mainly for transporting landing troops. These old ships are also powerful, and can bombard the enemy's coastal fortifications while transporting troops. Ordinary Fuchuan are too bulky, and they are likely to be sunk by the enemy's imitated [-]-pound guns and cannot escape.

This time Zhang Qiang disposed of the old ships of the Yangtze River Naval Guard Team to the Xinlu Mansion, the Third Prince, and Zheng Chenggong. After this time, in fact, the oldest ship type in the entire navy is actually the third-generation ten-year-old ship. years old ship.

Among the [-] warships and warships, only [-] were thousand-ton warships seven years ago. For now, due to the long time and poor maintenance, they are not good for fighting. Their ship types and structures are somewhat aging. Given to Zheng Chenggong, Zheng Chenggong can use these ships to fight against some pirates or robbery by other forces, and at the same time transport troops, food, and supplies. In Australia, it is another Chinese military-style existence against the sky.

Of course, due to its age, Zheng Chenggong will not be able to use it for long, and it will not be used for about ten years, because the Huaxia Army’s shipbuilding used the large wood in Yunnan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, and some deep mountains in the early stage. The air-dried ones, so they are not very old. Later, after storage, Zhang Qiang now wants to build new ships, and at least thousands of thousand-ton warships can be started.

Zhang Qiang's purpose is to gradually sell the old ships, and then start construction of new ships to replace the ships in the fleet. Some old ships under five years old will be handed over to the Municipal Shipping Department. The current coastal guards can use them for at least 15 years. , but the Coastal Guard can’t use four thousand ships, and the Yangtze River Navy Guard can’t use that many, at most one thousand ships along the coast will do.

You don't need a big ship, [-] tons will be enough.

What Zhang Qiang is thinking about now is the [-]-ton armed merchant ship used by the Dutch today. What it looks like when it falls to the ground. They need a real thing, and that kind of ship is what he needs. He must make the navy of the Huaxia Kingdom more advanced than others. .

Then replace all the naval forces of the Huaxia Kingdom with such advanced warships, otherwise relying solely on backward warships, it is like the United Kingdom competing with Italy, the United States, and other maritime powers in the early days of World War II. The United Kingdom has thousands of battleships, but the new After the dreadnought ships came out, all their ships fell behind. One will beat you to ten ships. If you want to fight, you can't hit them. A couple of advanced dreadnoughts that your entire fleet will have to go around, doesn't really matter.

So don’t look at the 20 warships and warships in the Huaxia Kingdom, other old Ming warships, armed merchant ships transformed from Fuchuan, and [-] armed merchant vessels transformed from old Guangzhou Ships. These ships have been accumulated for [-] years. If someone comes with a hundred warships of [-] tons, all your ships will be targets.

The current maritime battle is not the time when Ming and the Dutch, Zheng Chenggong and the Spaniards, and the Portuguese relied on small ships to compete for quality with quantity.

Zhang Qiang felt that the number of warships should be gradually reduced, and then replaced by quality, such as replacing [-] warships with [-] new-type warships.

Find ways to sell the others, which can not only increase fiscal revenue, but also recycle waste.

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A few days later, Zhang Qiang came to a port near Jinhai County, where there is a shipyard of the Huaxia Army Navy. This shipyard is not particularly large, but it is the nearest shipyard with a capacity of more than [-] tons. The naval fleet, shipyards, and everything related to the sea are actually concentrated in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong. This is the inevitable fate of the Huaxia Kingdom. People in the south love the sea, and people in the north are good at riding and shooting.

The shipyard is currently building a 650-ton Galen ship, and Zhang Qiang arrived here with a team just after the keel was laid.

Listening to some old craftsmen in the shipyard explaining the various parameters of this ship, Zhang Qiang knew that this was a warship prepared for the First Fleet.

The First Fleet and the Yangtze River Naval Garrison are supported by Zhang Qiang’s support for the Xinlu Mansion and the Third Prince, as well as the sale and purchase agreement with Zheng Keshuang, and also participated in several times with Japan, the Third Prince and the First Prince, and the pursuit of Taixi people at sea. The Japanese weapons transport operation ships, the entire fleet suffered relatively large losses.

Needless to say, the Yangtze River Naval Garrison has only twenty 180-ton five-year-old thousand-ton warships, no [-]-ton warships, and thirty six-hundred-ton warships. There are about a hundred warships of [-] tons, distributed in various major cities along the river, each city has no more than five or six ships, and most of them are ships of [-] tons and [-] tons. The total number of ships ranges from a thousand to upwards. , reduced to about three hundred ships.

The main force of the First Fleet is only about [-] ships, and there are as many as a thousand ships in other supporting facilities. In these incidents, the main ships sold were the ships of the First Fleet and the Yangtze River Naval Guard. There are less than a hundred ships left, so I dare not sell them anymore, because if I sell them again, I will not be able to maintain my combat effectiveness.

The First Fleet is very scattered now. Where is the prince of the main island of Lu country stationed twenty warships of 100 tons, more than [-] warships of various types ranging from merchant ships to [-] tons of warships, Xinlu Prefecture, Shikoku Island, Amami Island , Jinling Mansion, Dengzhou, Laizhou, Jinhai County, Hangzhou Mansion, these important strongholds within the patrol range of the First Fleet have ships stationed there.

There will be no ships stationed in some places, mainly because there are no large thousand-ton warships to line up.

Twenty thousand-ton warships can be used to support the formation on the entire Yangtze River, but if there are no thousand-ton warships on the coast of nearly a thousand miles, something will happen.

Ruan Jin, director of the Navy, meant to gradually replace the ships below [-] tons, and then replace a batch of [-]-ton warships stationed one by one, and replace a batch next time.

These warships are produced by various shipyards. After the production is completed, the officers and soldiers of the navy will gather them in one place and sail there together.

Since the idea of ​​replacing more advanced warships is still in Zhang Qiang's mind, the Navy of the Kingdom of Huaxia proceeded according to the previous plan of the Ministry of National Defense, first replacing the old ships with a long history, and first exchanged the old ships with other ships to a stronghold , Collect them together, and after the new ships pass the acceptance inspection, they will be replaced together at this place, and then these ships will be replaced in other squadrons to replace those with a slightly younger age, and they will be replaced together when they come back together.

But now Zhang Qiang doesn't want these old boats anymore, he wants to dispose of these old boats to the Coastal Guard, and the Naval Guard is the organization that was renamed from the Shipbuilding Department.

The naval garrison does not need so many ships, and also needs ships with a large tonnage. Six hundred tons is considered a high allocation for the main force. There are no pirates in the waters of the Huaxia Kingdom. Even if there are, they are hiding and hiding. Well, being able to get a [-]-ton transportation ship is considered their skill.A [-]-ton warship can easily take down a [-]-ton Dafu ship that runs very slowly.

Guangzhou Shipyard is small in size, 180 tons may be able to run at a speed of 180 knots. Ordinary warships really can’t catch up, but there are also special [-]-ton warships in the fleet. It is very easy to catch up with them. The firepower must be stronger than pirates. .

Therefore, the naval garrison is equipped with more than a dozen 180-ton warships, the main force is [-]-ton warships, and the auxiliary ships are [-]-ton ships. There are hundreds of nautical miles in a place and a navy with nearly a hundred ships. The guard should be able to handle it, isn't there still a naval fleet stationed there?Not enough to ask the navy fleet to dispatch.

Those below [-] tons were equipped for the naval garrison, and those above [-] tons were handed over to the naval branch of the military academy for training. Zhang Qiang wanted to sell the rest, or dismantled the usable wood as shipbuilding materials for new ships. use.

The Yangtze River Naval Guard was originally a shallow river navy established for the landing battle, so the number is huge. Basically, all the ships in this transaction were sold. A total of [-] ships were sold twice. Zheng Keshuang and [-] ships at the same time They were dismantled and given to Jinhai Shipyard, and the rest were sold to merchants in the Huaxia Kingdom as armed merchant ships for maritime trade.

The First Fleet is the second fleet that lost more ships, with three hundred ships, large and small.

Thirdly, the Fourth Fleet mobilized a total of [-] small ships and merchant ships, and there were no injuries, which was tantamount to a normal metabolism.

Currently, the ships built here are to supplement the old ships lost by the First Fleet. However, most of the shipbuilding tasks are assigned to the shipyards in the southern naval states. Only two [-]-ton shipbuilding tasks are assigned here.