Lord of Ming Dynasty

Wu Kejing is now in charge of all the affairs of Xinxianju County, and can intervene in anything. The two inspected the shipyard, watched the ironclad ship under construction and discussed the problem of the ironclad ship's short legs.

"Our 128mm cannon has completed precision casting and on-board transformation. We can replace our main gun with a 128mm cannon, and then replace our secondary gun with a 75mm cannon. There are four doors on one side, and two doors in the middle and two sides. There are a total of six 37mm rapid-fire guns on board, two [-]mm rapid-fire guns can be added in the front, and two [-]mm cannons can be added, and the same can be done at the stern.

In this way, we have a 128mm cannon at the front and back, four 75mm cannons on the left and right sides, which is eight, six rapid-fire cannons on the left and right sides, which is twelve cannons, and two rapid-fire cannons at the stern and bow are four. , plus two 37mm cannons at the bow and two at the stern, then the total firepower on the battleship is a total of 32 cannons on the ship, which is equivalent to the firepower of a fourth-class battleship of the British. "

Li Ya talked and thought while walking.

Wu Kejing has some doubts, "The firepower of the entire battleship will be too much, it will be more chaotic, and it will affect a lot of operations. The reduction of two rapid-fire guns, and the two 37mm cannons on the bow and stern I think will make the firepower of the battleship more powerful." Concentration does not affect our firepower projection very much. With two giant cannons, we can fight the enemy at a longer distance, such as 75 nautical miles. In front of us, we also have four [-]mm cannons on the left and right sides, and [-]mm rapid-fire cannons, and a total of eight cannons on one side can suppress the enemy, which is enough."

Li Ya thought about it. In this case, six artillery pieces will be missing. The whole ship only has 26 artillery pieces, but we have giant cannons. A 75mm gun and a [-]mm rapid-fire gun?"

Wu Kejing thought for a while, "Two 37mm cannons can be added in the space vacated by the giant cannon to protect short-range enemy attacks, for example, covering a distance of 180 meters to 600 meters."

The first thousand and 360 chapter six ironclad ship construction 2

Li Ya knows that such modification still appears to have weak firepower, and because of the speed problem, it may be difficult to escape the enemy's pursuit, but he believes that the armored ship with increasingly thick armor cannot be penetrated by the enemy's ordinary artillery, and the iron-clad ship can still rule the roost , at least according to the news from the feedback now, the enemy has almost no way to take such a warship.

From the decisive battle with the enemy in the sea off the adjacent peninsula to the decisive battle between the main fleet and the enemy's super fleet, there is no problem.

"Immediately ordered the transformation according to this plan, three 120mm cannons, one in the front, one in the middle, and one in the back. The secondary guns in the middle were filled with 75mm cannons and [-]mm rapid-fire cannons, and the cannon gallery artillery was removed. This is equivalent to The ironclad ship has been upgraded and is called the Ironclad II."

"Okay, leader." Wu Kejing immediately agreed.

"What happened to Tang Yaweng?" Li Ya asked casually, and Wu Kejing immediately said: "They discussed papermaking in Great Falls City, and they have already used flax and trees to make straw paper, yellow paper, hemp paper and other paper, because For quality reasons, these things can only be used by people on our island, and obviously cannot be used for trade. We once showed it to merchants on an Italian merchant ship, and they despised it very much and thought it was not good. We can only continue to improve the process, and there is no result yet.

However, the three kinds of paper they make every time are liked by the people on our island. The straw paper can be used for toilets and wrapping some greasy food, the yellow paper can be used for funerals, or wrap some loose items, and the hemp paper can be used It is used to paste windows, keep out the wind and rain, keep the house warm, etc., and good hemp paper can also be used for writing, which can save us a lot of money for purchasing French and Spanish paper. "

Li Ya nodded, "Okay, not bad, these are the basic items of our lives, now we can solve them by ourselves, paper, and clothes, although the craftsmanship is not very good, it also reduces our exposure to the outside world. Rely on it, now we can be self-sufficient in terms of food production, vegetables, and fruits. Although they are not of good quality, they basically meet the basic daily necessities of the island population."

The two of them returned to the camp, and Wu Kejing rode to the shipyard in person to issue orders to rebuild the iron-clad ships with the shipyard and upgrade the three iron-clad ships still under construction on the berth.

Zhao Shuai came in, and Li Ya asked him to sit down, "How about it, are the natives convinced?"

Zhao Shuai took a sip of water and said: "It's almost there. Basically, those who dared to resist on the island were killed, and those who were useful were basically turned into captives or slaves. The captives' clothes can still be released and become our people. As long as we When the [-] Han Chinese come back, let’s dilute it. Most of the Indians on the island will be assimilated by us because their appearance is somewhat similar to ours. The next generation will recognize us and have a similar appearance to us. The next generation will think that we are the same as them, so we can have more Han Chinese."

Li Ya nodded slightly, "Yes, there are still many Indians on the island, which is conducive to our assimilation. We are different from Europeans. Let them keep their tribes. We need to convert them into captives first, and then into our common people. Living together and scattered among the Han people, after several generations, just like the various ethnic groups in the Huaxia Empire, they disappeared and became the Huaxia Han people.

Keeping some expatriates will help us communicate with other European countries. "

"That means our soldiers and horses are coming back?" Li Ya asked.

"I'm back. Some of the soldiers who went out to fight have come back. They rested for half a month, and then they will be rewarded for meritorious deeds, and promoted to a higher level for those who have no merit. Let them manage those prisoners and become security chiefs and militia captains in various places. Wait for us After the arrival of a large group of Han Chinese, we broke up and dispersed, and our population was enriched. After the time came, the captives made enough contributions and became local civilians. Now the majority are foreigners,” Zhao Shuai said.

"How many soldiers from the army have returned?" Li Ya continued to ask.

"There are 1000 soldiers, more than 5000 prisoners, and 1 slaves have also returned. These people are currently resting in farms and barracks near the border of the peninsula. In addition, there are [-] troops outside, more than [-] prisoners, and [-] There are many slaves. How is Tang Yaweng different from Sweeping Thunder? They reached an agreement with two swamp Indian tribes to build towns in the swamp, build various workshops and shipyards in Waterfall City, and command some ships on the inland river to transport them everywhere. Supplies and weaponry."

"Part of the Water Transfer Division will go to Great Falls City, 500 people, and 1000 soldiers from Diaoxin Xianju Town will help them. They will bring back all the captives there, and take the slaves here, and exchange them. Here we are. The strength of the soldiers can keep those captives, and after screening them one by one, the rest will be reduced to slaves, and by the way, some people will go to Avalan to help Luozuo."

"Who do you think the navy will send to the Avalan Peninsula, which is our Xinbaodao county seat, after the navy comes back?" Li Ya asked.

Zhao Shuai thought for a while, "The main inland island still has to be guarded by sweeping sky mines. Tang Yaweng is in charge of logistics and construction, civil affairs, Xinbaodao County, Luo Zuo is in charge of the army, Zhuang Lin is in charge of the navy, and one person is sent to civil affairs."

Li Ya tapped his fingers on the table, "Well, then send Wu Kejing to Xinbaodao County. You will be in charge here temporarily, and I will be in charge of the overall situation. The overall responsibility of the navy should be handed over to Mo Lin, and the auxiliary fleet will still be handed over to Wunan. In charge of the navy here, Mo Lin is in charge of the navy in general. There is no one, it seems that one or two people have to be found to be in charge of the navy on the main island. The mine sweeping is still in charge of the army in general, so the army on the main island has to send People are in charge, and the navy has to send people to be in charge, who do you think is in charge of the navy and who is in charge of the army?"

"This is to be determined. After we have survived the British interception this time and our reinforcements come back, we will decide on these. You will be responsible for all the logistics and various equipment, captives, slaves, etc. of Tang Yaweng's empire. Management, as well as material allocation tasks, and at the same time, the contact with the Huaxia Empire cannot be stopped. We still need to rely on the Huaxia Empire in many aspects.

For example, these armor plates, various materials, and the manufacturing technology of warships and warships.In addition, our population still needs to rely on the Chinese Empire. It is impossible for our population of 10 to develop in a short period of time. The population of the Chinese Empire is growing too fast. Even if we give us 10 people a year, their population will grow at an extremely fast rate. Growth, we have [-] people per year, and a million people in ten years. In Europe, we will soon become a major European country, and we will not worry about military strength and manpower. "

Wu Kejing came in, "Boss, I've already made arrangements. It will take about half a month to complete the transformation according to our advance plan. Anyway, they are now about to install weapons and continue to complete the superstructure."

The first thousand and 360 chapters and seven victories on land

Inside the shipyard, the craftsmen from the Chinese Empire, the British and French craftsmen who were captured in Europe, and the Italian and Spanish craftsmen who were recruited from Europe are intensely studying the opinions on the transformation of the ironclad ship that Wu Kejing just conveyed.

After such a long period of naval battles, the craftsmen and technicians from various countries have gathered, although they are not top-level shipbuilding craftsmen and technicians, they can also be regarded as middle-level and high-level craftsmen from various countries, and they already have experience in building twelve ironclad ships. Captive or recruited workers, as well as a large number of slaves, it is very easy to build a ship. Compared with the various materials and technologies that are very complicated in the historical line of later generations, the warships that require high craftsmanship, the current warships have The century-old experience in building sailing ships in the colonial period in Europe, as well as the experience in building iron-clad ships from the Chinese Empire, they are still very handy for building the iron-clad ships of the New Qin Empire.

After discussing for an hour or two, they came up with the design plan and various requirements for transformation, and then quickly organized the data and calculated the materials with the help of the Han people, and the officials who conveyed them will distribute them according to the requirements.

Soon the slaves drove carts and prepared materials from various places. The workers, mainly the captives and the Han apprentices, with the help of the slaves, quickly prepared all kinds of materials needed within a day. It took three days to complete the blanking, and the fifth day to move it in place. On the sixth day, some completed parts that did not conform to the new design began to be dismantled. On the seventh day, the renovation began. On the tenth day, the ship was launched. Basically the transformation is complete, No. 15 days to conduct small-scale experiments in the port.

No. 19 days open to open sea experiment, No. 20 three days, artillery experiment, No. 20 delivery in five days.

No. 30 days, after the reorganization of the fleet crew, gunners and sailors, commanding officers in place, Shuai selected slaves and captives to board the ship, No. 30 day, Li Ya, Wu Kejing, Zhao Shuai, looked at five ironclad ships, in ten The supply ship is actually the returned Auxiliary Fleet Third Squadron, two [-]-ton sailboats, a captured enemy first-class battleship, the Dutch [-]-ton steam engine battleship, and the remaining three Zhuanglin Fleet and Wunan Fleet The returned five [-]-ton steam engine battleships were fully loaded with coal and food, and fresh water came out of the port to support the main fleet.

Because whether the main fleet can return safely is the key to whether the new Qin Empire can grow.

Five iron-clad ships, two old-style iron-clad ships, that is, Type I iron-clad ships, three remodeled Type-II iron-clad ships, plus the accompanying auxiliary fleet and the newly established Third Squadron, may not seem like many, but everyone knows the strength of these warships However, there are only five warships with 300 and 3000 people, but they are definitely stronger than the enemy's fleet of two to [-] people.

The fleet set off. Although we don't know what the result will be, although everyone is full of expectations, they are also worried, because ships from the reinforcement fleet that pretended to escape have come back one after another, and some equipment and personnel have also returned, but what they brought The news is not good, and the situation is grim, which is why only five ironclad ships are dispatched to carry out missions to support the main fleet.

After the fleet left, several people looked into the distance, and stayed on for a long time, because this was a battle of national destiny, and nothing could be missed.

And in the distance, on the main island of Newfoundland, Sao Tianlei also felt a lot of emotion, and finally wiped out the resistance on the island, not to mention completely annihilating the rebels, but basically all the rebels could not threaten the new Qin Empire. After the island is ruled, it will depend on how to discipline the captive natives on the island. As for the British, they caught one and sent one away, and all were sent to the transfer station at Tang Yaweng. They were sent back to the neighboring peninsula, and after being screened by the neighboring peninsula, all the officers were kept, and the others with special skills were sent to the prisoner camp for future use, and all the others were demoted to slaves.

What awaits them is dark labor. After years and months, they will not die of exhaustion and will not be relieved. They have to atone for the numerous crimes they committed during the colonial period and for attacking the New Qin Empire. Unless the British redeem them in the future, Otherwise, they can only contribute their labor and intelligence to the new Qin Empire.

The New Qin Empire was born out of the Huaxia Empire. At the beginning of the Huaxia Empire, it used the captives of the Qing Dynasty to build its own country, and used the Western Allied Forces British, Dutch, Spaniards, Portuguese, Italians, etc. to trade and colonize the East. The blood and tears of the looting colonists created the prosperity of the southern part of the Chinese Empire, and then turned back to use the roads they built and the weapons they made to fight against the Manchus, and filled the ravines everywhere with the flesh and blood of the Han slaves who used the Han army flag driven by the Manchus , roads, rivers, mountains, and ditches have created a prosperous and powerful Chinese empire.

Zhao Shuai led 1000 Han troops, 1000 mercenary troops, more than 6000 transported captives, more than 2 foreign mercenaries from the supervisory brigade and mercenary brigade, more than [-] slaves, and more than [-] native captives. It was handed over to him to lead, and he led twice as many troops to defeat the British and tribal aborigines in various places for nearly half a year, and then spent nearly three months to wipe out various places and distribute garrisons in various places.

The garrison was divided into defenses, and the mercenaries and supervisors sent troops to take the surrendered tribes and natives to wipe out those natives and hidden British who refused to surrender. He controlled [-] Han troops and [-] foreign mercenaries. With the convenience of inland river shipping on the inland rivers and lakes on the main island under construction, troops were quickly deployed to gradually wipe out the indigenous tribes.

At present, most of the garrisons in various places have two thousand captives and three or four thousand slaves in their hands. They are constantly transporting materials and opening up roads. Behind Jin Lin, with the supervisory brigade and some cavalry squadrons, are escorting more and more captives. roads, build bridges, build railways, horse-drawn railways.

Tang Yaweng is the head of logistics, Jin Lin is the head of transportation and traffic, and he is the battle commander. The three of them worked together to achieve this result in nine months. Yesterday, the messenger brought the leader's intention to keep them in this mode for the time being. Continue to work hard to use captives and slaves to build roads and railways, build bridges, repair villages, ports, docks, and ship supplies to them at any time. They must be completely settled down this year. When the Han population arrives, they will be allocated immediately to fill the entire island. Han people.

In fact, Sao Tianlei also knows that there are too many aborigines on the island, which are hundreds of thousands. If you don’t catch them, you won’t know. Many tribes of native people were found, although these tribes did not necessarily resist them, he still broke them up, took them away, and degraded them into slaves. Whether they were sold or used in the future, they could not be allowed to stay where they were, or to keep the tribe Integrity, Sao Tianlei knows that they must be broken up so that they cannot be united, otherwise they will have to be encircled and suppressed in the future. What will the Han people do in the future?

Do you still want to compete with them?

There is no possibility. The Huaxia Empire has only one way to deal with such a thing, to eliminate it.There is another way here, to sell.

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In fact, no one is willing to sell these slaves because these people have hatred for the destruction of the new Qin Empire. Who knows that they will not flee outside, and will not launch crazy revenge and attacks on the New Qin Empire after fleeing. Where did the French pirates come from? After these people resisted, with the strength of the New Qin Empire, they had nowhere to escape, no weapons and equipment, and then got a small boat to go to sea as pirates, and then seduced the French and The Spaniards came to disrupt the coastal defenses of the New Qin Empire.

Compared with the aliens from the New Qin Empire, they are very familiar with the surrounding sea area, and even more familiar with the island's topography. Therefore, it took eight months of continuous fighting and encirclement and suppression to sweep the sky and mines. They were basically wiped out, and the naval auxiliary fleets returning one after another blocked the sea before cutting off their foreign aid.

Although there are not many soldiers in the New Qin Empire, they are all experienced soldiers, especially those mercenaries who came down from the battlefields between Russia and Eastern European countries, and fought against these natives and the British here for several years , One by one are all elites, those Han people from the Huaxia Empire, those Han people did not come out of dire straits, some are even the descendants of former generals, the Huaxia Empire has only been peaceful for decades.

The memory of the previous war is still there, and I have fought guerrilla wars for many years with those Han traitors hiding on the Siberian ice sheet, as well as Russian horse bandits, and even some people in the Qing Dynasty who were unwilling to be wiped out. After training and being assigned to guard the prisoners, which one has not experienced at least ten wars, big or small.

Although it took a long time, they have basically been wiped out after all. The hateful thing is that the French and Spanish pirates escaped and failed to catch them. After all, there are few auxiliary fleets and most of the main navy are fighting outside.

After annihilating all the rebels, the captives and slaves got tens of 10 people, which is a bit too much, but you can’t kill them all, you have to sell some, or you don’t have the money to buy some strategic materials with the French and Spaniards, tung oil , bristles, steel, dyes, gunpowder, coal, after all, Newfoundland of the New Qin Empire does not produce these, although there are some small mines, it is not enough, a few thousand people are okay, the current tens of thousands of troops, what is needed It is not enough to rely on seizure.

This is why our country has a vast land and abundant resources in later generations, but we still have to compromise and be restrained by other countries. If the Chinese Empire hadn't won Siberia, it would have been very barren. If it hadn't won Australia, it wouldn't have enough iron ore. According to the current mining progress and technology , the underlying deep minerals cannot be exploited.