Lord of Ming Dynasty

Up to now, they have imported a lot of steam engines from the Chinese Empire, some were bought by the New Qin Empire, and some were used by themselves, but their imitation ability is too low, only better than the Netherlands, but they can’t imitate without money. Compared with the scientific and technological progress of the United Kingdom, Spain is more eventful. There are no scientists at all, let alone some innovative figures. There are too many nobles. The greedy traditions of the nobles and the conservativeness make Spain still in a feudal dynasty.

And Britain has entered the industrial age, and the age of steam engines has been around for a long time.

Steam engines were born one after another, and inspired by the Chinese Empire, their technology was much more advanced.

Although everyone is still an old aristocrat.European sailing warships are also popular, so although Britain has obtained the steam engine technology of the Chinese Empire, they still insist on taking the route of sailing warships, so most of Europe is still sailing warships, and steam engine ships are at best a fashionable product. So the development is not very big, very balanced.

This allowed the steam engine battleships of the Chinese Empire to still dominate the East, and the steam engine battleships of the New Qin Empire still ruled the North Atlantic. In several wars with Britain, the weak defeated the strong and defeated the British sail steam engine warships, even battleships.

Sail battleships, this is the favorite of many fans of giant ships and cannons in later generations, but now they are discarded by the ironclad ships of the New Qin Empire. In the Chinese Empire, they are only the most advanced technology, and they are not on the same level. .The British battleship steam engine battleship also lagged behind.

The main reason is that their defense is not good, the caliber and accuracy of the artillery are not good, the range is close enough, and the damage is not good.

The New Qin Empire is still very weak, but it is enough to take care of the current British fleet. If it weren't for the inferior strength and warships, the New Qin Empire would dominate the North Atlantic Ocean in terms of force.

Of course not now, not many of the main warships of the New Qin Empire are still being repaired. The nine Type I ironclad ships have not been fully repaired and remodeled. After the remodeling is completed, they will become the auxiliary main fleet of the New Qin Empire. The two ships of this type will form a new fleet with the previous three ships, and the successively improved new ironclad ships will be a sharp weapon for the New Qin Empire to dominate the North Atlantic.

With the shipment of a lot of coal and iron from Spain, the steelmaking plants of the New Qin Empire rushed to work day and night, and the new steelmaking plant was also built on the Avalan Peninsula and put into use, producing more than 6000 tons of steel armor plates per month. More than 3000 tons, so the construction of new ironclad ships is extremely slow.

It is expected that the third modification of the Type II will reduce the tonnage and reduce the artillery, but the cannon will increase, and the reasonable allocation of tonnage will become a headache for the new designer.

After the British stepped up the blockade, an auxiliary squadron rushed by the New Qin Empire was greatly hindered and had to withdraw, leaving some warships on the relay island, and then returned to Newfoundland to serve as the patrol fleet. After nearly sixty ships were bought by the Spaniards, the patrol and defense missions, together with the first-type ironclad ships that have been repaired and rebuilt one after another, took on the important task of defending the new Qin Empire.

When the Caribbean felt that the British could not be shaken, Wu Nan wisely led thirty warships back to the New Qin Empire. The New Qin Empire had nearly forty auxiliary fleet squadrons and five or six Type I ironclad ships that were off the assembly line. protection.

Of course, Lu Fang's ocean-going reconnaissance fleet is still pretending to explore the British's blockade loopholes in the Atlantic Ocean, looking for opportunities to attack the British, and constantly intercepting some small British merchant ships, causing trouble for the British.

Li Ya and the others kept accumulating strength, and when the Spaniards came again to get the warships, they dealt with all the sailboats, and the auxiliary fleet lost a lot of sailboats, about 21 ships, to defend the new Qin The number of warships in the empire has dropped to [-]. At the same time, the three injured battleships of the Ironclad II have also been remodeled and rolled off the assembly line. There are a total of twelve ironclad ships. The third modification in the middle of the construction has been completed, and the tonnage has dropped to [-] tons. The five more powerful ironclad ships will come off the assembly line in the next three months.

It's time to hit the British.

The first thousand 380 chapters and nine full-scale production of ironclad ships

As the naval leader of the New Qin Empire, Mo Lin spoke earnestly to Wu Nanyu, deploying tasks.

"I hope you can break the enemy's blockade, and it is best to destroy several enemy fleets. You are best at guerrilla warfare. This time, I will give you an auxiliary fleet of ten steam engine warships, responsible for your supplies and reconnaissance. You attack with 9 Type [-] ironclad ships. Our warships are as fast as the enemy, and may not be as good as the British in terms of flexibility and port mobility, so you must be vigilant and don’t let the British block you. port.

The steam engine fires and boosts the speed too slowly, and the enemy also knows this weakness, so you must not be unvigilant, and rest with peace of mind. You must not let the enemy catch you. Your responsibility is to destroy as many enemy fleets, ships, and even ships as possible. , Merchant ships, it is possible to destroy the enemy's commercial potential and combat potential, but don't be blocked by the enemy.

I know you are very tired. You have just returned from the Caribbean and are going to the North Atlantic to fight guerrillas. It is also possible that you will be wiped out by the enemy like Zhuang Lin and the others, but you must inflict heavy damage on the enemy.

The British have not surrendered to anyone, and we don't ask them to surrender, but one thing is to break the enemy's blockade, break diplomatic relations, um, break engagement at sea, this is the purpose of your implementation of this campaign.Break the enemy's blockade and let the merchants who trade with us come to us to do business. We do not have the vast land of the Chinese Empire, and we cannot be self-sufficient in materials, so we must obtain external material assistance, just like the United Kingdom. "

Wu Nan rowed his chest, and said happily: "Don't worry, leave it to me, I will definitely make the British feel painful, and dare not stop us from cooperating with France and Spain, Turkey, Russia, and even getting aid from the Chinese Empire from Turkey." sea ​​passage."

Molin nodded slightly while walking on the beach with his hands behind his back, and looked up at the sunset on the beach. A dam had already begun to be built around the beach. This was another breakwater, which could effectively prevent wind and waves from washing the beach directly, and ensure that the wind and waves would The erosion of the beach is not as serious as before, and it will prevent the enemy from approaching the land easily, so they have to sail in from the waterway at the opening outside, but those who are not familiar with hydrology or the deployment under the sea must not dare to rush in, otherwise they will be Stranded, but there are many shipwrecks underneath.

The New Qin Empire is not safe, this is what everyone thinks, because in this world, or on the other side of the New Qin Empire is the overlord Britain.

As well as France, which is not close to business although it is doing business, and the New Qin Empire also knew that Spain was not a good friend, and Russia was obviously not so obedient. Chiefs and tribes or other clansmen will resist the Huaxia Empire, and incidentally resist the New Qin Empire.

Therefore, the living environment of the New Qin Empire is no better than that of the Huaxia Empire, or worse.

It is more appropriate to use Israel in the Middle East to describe the New Qin Empire. You are surrounded by enemies, and you have come to someone else's world.

After talking with Wu Nan, Mo Lin rushed back to the Navy Headquarters, the Dock Water Village, and continued to discuss with those designers the construction of the next-level ironclad ship, and at the same time received more personnel. The Empire has set up a naval shipbuilding department. He temporarily served as the head of the shipbuilding department, and set up three large shipbuilding ports on the Avalan Peninsula, all of which were set up in the long bays of the small peninsula on the deep peninsula.

For this reason, 80 slaves and [-] captives in the whole country were used, and the silt in the harbor was excavated to build deep-water docks, deep-water docks, and deep-water dry docks. It is very good for shipbuilding and the attack of sea wind and waves, and it is concealed. The seaside on both sides is a cliff with a height of [-] meters, which is easy to defend and keep secret.

This work started when Luozuo arrived at the Avalan Peninsula. At that time, only a small pier was opened to clean up the surrounding cliffs and build a deep-water harbor. Because of the foundation developed by the British, only more than 1000 people were used. Each of the three harbors employs 300 to [-] people to work. One year later, the entire island of Newfoundland fell into the hands of the New Qin Empire. After the New Qin Empire had a piece of undisturbed land of its own, it basically had A prototype shipyard for building [-]-ton sailboats was established, and the dock was established.

Later, when Wu Kejing, Song Qing and the others arrived and started to take over the civil affairs and naval defense, Wu Kejing surveyed all the places, while confirming the civil affairs, he reclaimed more farmland and got more work suitable for slaves. Dirty and tired locations of various workshops, as well as the technical work done by the captives, various handicraft workshops.

Then, under the instigation of the navy officers and soldiers in the Song and Qing Dynasties, they began to pay attention to the construction of shipbuilding and port terminals, because many things needed to be shipped out. For the new Qin Empire, sea transportation was undoubtedly the most convenient. Small boats can go out to sea and transport supplies to various places, but Wu Kejing still cares about land transportation. A large number of slaves are used to open mountains and roads, a large number of captives are used to work, and mercenaries are used to guard, protect and supervise. There is no supervisor now. The brigade is over, and the mercenaries are the overseer brigade.

The Han people devoted their energies to the construction of the country, while receiving education, learning more knowledge, learning more advanced technology, learning the advanced technology of the Chinese Empire, and at the same time learning the language from some of the captured British captives and technology, and then began to build Han Chinese buildings with the characteristics of the Chinese Empire, reclaim farmland, plant crops, build towns, and build their own homes.

It was only later that Wu Kejing and the others mobilized more than 3 slaves and [-] captives for the construction of docks and shipyards, because the navy was going to be upgraded and sailing warships were no longer used.

After the construction of the three large shipyards, warships of up to [-] tons can be built. There are a total of [-] docks for construction, of which there are nine berths with a construction capacity of [-] tons, and [-] ships with a construction capacity of [-] or [-] tons. , three of [-] tons, and three of [-] tons, which means that these shipyards will only build ships of more than [-] tons in the future.

There are many wharf spaces in the port of Xinxianju Town, but most of them can only repair ships of one or two thousand tons. There are ten berths, and the largest ship can build [-] tons. Marin Port can repair three to four Of the [-]-ton to [-]-ton sailing ships, only one can build an iron-clad ship. After the transformation, the three berths can build an iron-clad ship.

Morin plans to build the first batch of 4000 iron-clad ships of the second modification and the third modification of more than [-] tons. The first modification, because the tonnage is high, is just right, and the firepower is strong. The third modification has reduced some firepower and tonnage, just for mass production and waste reduction, and to improve combat effectiveness and speed.

Chapter 390 Prince Edward Island

"How is our base in Prince Edward Island?" Li Ya asked Zhao Shuai, the current county magistrate of Xinxianju Town.

"Where we have immigrated 2000 people, including 100 mercenary soldiers, 500 slaves, [-] captives, and [-] Han people. Among them, there are more than [-] retired Han soldiers. Although they are somewhat incomplete, they can still guard the village and guard against the enemy. It did. In addition, the [-] people of the First Squadron of the Auxiliary Fleet have also moved to other places."

Prince Edward Island is the place where Zhuang Lin passed by when he went to the Caribbean Sea. The closest distance to St. Pierre Island and the neighboring peninsula is about 260 kilometers, and the farthest is about 780 kilometers. Zhuang Lin and the others reached 726 kilometers. small village.

It can be said that this island is relatively close to Newfoundland, and it is also the most suitable for the expansion of the New Qin Empire, and it is also a springboard to the North American continent.

But now the New Qin Empire is only used as a forward base.

What's more, a team of more than 100 people who were stationed in the mine before traveled to an island of [-] kilometers in the past year, and the length and width of the island were only [-] to [-] kilometers. According to the exploration, although the coal on Edward Island is difficult to dig, it is at least better than There is more coal than the neighboring peninsula.

Now coal is the most urgent strategic resource of the New Qin Empire.

"Continue to increase the population input, we need more coal to equip our ironclad ships." Li Ya touched his chin and said.

Zhao Shuai thought for a while, "We have a lot of native slaves on this island, and there are still many idle people to support here. We don't have much demand for stones now, but there are still many slaves mining. I think our stones are There are already a lot. Our roads need a lot of people, but we are not in too much a hurry. We can mine them with almost [-] captives and [-] slaves. We can send [-] slaves and [-] captives to open roads and build towns. ports, and mines.”

"In addition, we can send Jin Lin to Prince Edward Island to host, and send 100 Han Chinese troops there, so that we have 4000 troops there. Adding [-] people from the prospecting team, we have [-] people For such a barren island, it is very good. No matter how many people there are, we cannot supply them with food.

Usually it's nothing, once someone gets stuck with us, people there can only starve to death or go inland.Although it is a peninsula, there is still a long distance from the interior, which is also a British colony.

If the British attack from both sides by sea and land, they will be in a desperate situation, so they must be protected by more troops. Now 4000 people are enough. "

Li Ya said to Zhao Shuai: "Well, let Jin Lin take charge of the land, and Song Qing take charge of the navy. Lu Fang can't transfer, he has to go with Wunan to solve the enemy's naval blockade, we must break the British naval blockade. And we still have to investigate Zhuang Lin and the others, we have to see people in life, and corpses in death.”

"Yes, I will arrange for people to go. They will definitely be found. Well, by the way, the Chinese Empire sent a telegram, let us find out the whereabouts of the four princes and the reason for their disappearance. They suspect that they may be related to the British and Spaniards. Regarding, the Spaniards are not as enthusiastic as we are. Some people treat us well, and some people treat us not very well. They still need our answers about the Caribbean Sea. Their merchant ships were seized by us and used for war. The enemy is at war. The French have not yet received an ultimatum, and the French are busy competing with the British for interests in the Caribbean."

Zhao Shuai replied calmly.

Compared to Wu Kejing, who has obviously been in the upper echelons of the Chinese Empire and has aristocratic qualifications, he is more capable and far-sighted than Wu Kejing, a low-level boy at the state capital level in this locality. He thinks more thoroughly and stands at a higher level Be tall and think a lot.

After finishing the discussion with Li Ya, Zhao Shuai went to the shipyard. The keels of the Ironclad Ship II and Type III ships were officially laid today. Although five ships have been found before, the keels of this batch of fifteen ships were officially laid. The modification of the empire pays more attention to the combat experience than the Huaxia Empire. After all, the Huaxia Empire has no competition. The model is old, but the technology is advanced. The best battleship is the most suitable for war.

Therefore, in comparison, the navy of the Chinese Empire, which has not conducted naval battles for more than ten years, is not as good as the New Qin Empire, which is fighting every year. There are naval battles almost every month. Come out, more and more elite, and now we have to fight a battle in a small area. Under the same conditions, ten armored ships singled out the ten iron-clad ships of the Huaxia Empire. Maybe the New Qin Empire will win.

Fifteen ironclad ships laid their keels in three ports amidst cheers, and all the workers entered a state of combat readiness, because they were about to fight a battle, and the materials prepared in the previous half month were now ready for use.

Wu Nan and the others did not participate in today's opening ceremony, but led nine ironclad ships and the remaining ten warships of the auxiliary fleet to the North Atlantic Ocean and started his journey.

The British could not wait any longer. The lost fleet did not replenish, so they reorganized. They were divided into four fleets and took turns looking for merchant ships bound for the New Qin Empire on the sea. They either drove them or inspected them. Some Spanish and French ships even had to be captured. Or sinking, which seriously affected the commercial trade between the New Qin Empire and these two countries, and a large amount of coal and steel could not be transported to the New Qin Empire.