Lord of Ming Dynasty

"Have you eaten yet? I have freshly cooked corn cobs here, would you like one?" Song Qing handed a corn cob to Jin Lin, Jin Lin smiled and pushed it away, pointing to his open mouth, "I'm old , it’s not like chewing on those things, and hanging your teeth,” he said with a smile.

Song Qing also smiled, he is not young anymore, he is about ten years behind Jin Lin, but compared to Jin Lin, they are a generation behind, he was promoted by Zhuang Lin, Zhuang Lin and the others are Jin Lin and the others After being promoted, Jin Lin and the others followed Li Ya to the coast of the western North American continent. It has been more than 40 to 50 years in a flash. Master.

The leaders of the past have passed away forever. Those who laid the foundation for the new Qin State in the past have either died or retired. And they can only become the stepping stones of the New China Kingdom, working hard for the rise of the New China Kingdom.

"Is there any information worthy of reference?" Song Qing asked.

As the governor, Jin Lin is also the initiator of this defection. Of course, his level of trust is higher than that of the rescued fleet commander. Arrange some things in Xindingzhou.

Jin Lin picked up a document from the sofa beside him, handed it to Song Qing, and said, "Our task now is to be vigilant and detect the fleet movements of the British and other Western countries, and the ultimate goal is to prevent them from attacking us. Note that all threats must be eliminated in the bud, but judging from the intelligence of these days, it is not us, but the British who should have a headache."

While flipping through the information, Song Qing raised his head and asked in surprise, "British?"

Jin Lin nodded, picked up the wine cup beside him, and took a sip of wine, "Yes, the hostility between the Dutch and the British is much stronger than ours. They won this time, but they didn't realize that they had won, because the British were not defeated, and they still maintained a considerable advantage.

Over the years, our New Qin State has tried its best to fight against the British, but it has only helped the British to improve the pace of technological development and make the enemy's warships more advanced.In the past, the British, the Dutch, and the Spaniards all had 10,000 to [-] sailing warships for naval warfare. Later, after the invention of the steam engine, each of them kept [-] to [-] steam engine warships. But with the advancement of technology, the Spaniards kept up, but only At the third-rate level, the Dutch did not keep up and barely had steam engine battleships, but their technology was not good. Three thousand ships, while the British steam engine warships plus sail warships have a global inventory of [-]+ ships.

The number of sailing ships and steam engine battleships of the Dutch and Spaniards is only tens of thousands. With the development of history, their steam engine technology has been improved very slowly, and sailing ships are still being built, but the British are actively giving up the construction of sailing ships. , and turned to learn from our new Qin State to improve technology, and finally surpassed the technical level of the French, and ran behind us.

They voluntarily decommissioned and sold sailing warships, and the total number of warships dropped from 10,000+ to [-] to [-]. This made the Dutch and Spaniards very happy and proud, but in previous battles, the Dutch and the Spaniards were the first In the naval battle, they defeated the British in the sailing battle and became more arrogant, but in the third and fourth naval battles, the Spaniards were stunned and fell, and the number of sailing ships was beaten down to five. Sixty thousand ships.

Later, because the Dutch fought too frequently with the British, the sailing ships suffered a lot, and the steam engine warships could not keep up with the British steam engine battleships. In the sailing battle, the British still lost to the Dutch, but in terms of quality, they actually consumed the number of Dutch sailing warships.

Later, with the emphasis on steam engine warships in various countries, Europe has developed into the age of steam engines, and 10,000+ to tens of thousands of sailing ships in various countries have aged out, and eventually dismantled, sunk, and retired, so the number of sailing ships in each country has dropped from 10,000+ to seven [-] ships, and eventually dropped to only [-] to [-] ships in all countries, and the number of steam engine warships in all countries is increasing.

Because of the British battle with us at this time, [-] to [-] sailing ships were also wiped out, leaving a few thousand ships. In the end, they slowly replaced the sailing ships, increased their speed and strength to build steam engine warships, and made their steam engines Warships replaced sail warships and the number rose to [-] to [-], becoming the new maritime overlord.

Every time we fight with them, every time we upgrade our technology, we encourage them to upgrade their technology, improve the quality of their steam engines and the number of warships with advanced technology.

In subsequent conflicts with the Spaniards, the French, and the Dutch, the British also eliminated their opponents' sailing warships and forced their opponents to replace them with more advanced steam engine warships. It was also compiled from the crude warships at the beginning to the advanced performance and very hard to hit ironclad ships.

So the Dutch and the Spaniards gradually fell behind, but they did not admit defeat. They also bought and built ironclad ships by themselves, and made due contributions to contain the development of the British, and because of the suppression of the British, they were forced to upgrade to a higher level. Advanced steam engine warship technology, replace with better ironclad ship technology, replace with better ironclad ship.

At this time, each of the old steam engine warships kept about 1 to 1 to [-] ships, and the British kept [-] to [-] ships. , has entered the age of ironclad ships.

The British are getting better and better in quality, the Dutch, the Spaniards, and the French are pursuing the number of old steam engine battleships and the number of new ironclad ships, but we and the British are replacing warships with better warships. "

Song Qing listened carefully to Jinlin's army's analysis of their navy's replacement relationship with the British and Western countries' naval warships over the years.

The first thousand and 750 chapters speculate on the counterattack of the Dutch

Song Qing felt that Jin Lin knew more about the development of Western navies and the role of mutual promotion and promotion than he did. However, he was more concerned about whether the Dutch could defeat the British in a proactive battle. However, He knew he couldn't act too hastily, he had to wait for the founding veterans of the new Qin state who had more fighting experience than him, and the veterans of the army had finished talking about their knowledge of the navy before asking questions.

"In this way, the performance of warships is getting more and more advanced. The more old steam engine warships or iron-clad warships are kept, the heavier the burden will be, and they will not be able to defeat the enemy. They will also limit their own research and development and waste resources.

As a result, the steam engine battleships of various countries were lost in previous battles and were no longer replenished. They began to replace more advanced warships. Advanced warships have higher requirements for construction technology, construction time, construction materials and technical labor, so they cannot be built more. , and can't make too many.

Therefore, the number of steam engine warships in various countries, or the number of ironclad ships, the number of advanced warships is decreasing step by step, and the total number of warships is also decreasing stepwise. At present, the Dutch still have 1000 steam engine battleships, [-] ironclad ships, and more than [-] An advanced warship of the previous generation just purchased from us.

In comparison, the British suffered heavy losses due to the battle between the New Qin Kingdom and the New China Kingdom. The number of old steam engine warships was only a mere 3000, and the number of ironclad warships was only a mere [-]. There is a lot of accumulation, but there are more than [-] ships.

It can be said that in terms of combat effectiveness and strength, it far surpasses the large number of steam engine warships of the Dutch, but the Dutch don't think so. This time the Dutch wanted to do something big. "

Hearing this, Song Qing also happened to turn to the specific fleet battle plan that the Dutch were preparing to fight the British this time, and said casually, "I'm afraid the Dutch will lose."

Jin Lin snorted, "If you lose, you will lose. It's not just that it's cheaper for us. They and the British weaken each other, which is a good thing for us. This time we should sit back and watch the tigers fight.

However, when I called you here, I still want to remind you that the Dutch are not so easy to get along with. The Dutch have been watching the tigers fight for so many years, and you said that they knew that they might not be the opponents of the British, so they wanted to fight. , They will definitely drag the French into the water, and we will also drag into the water, let us drag the British, and they will eat meat.

In order to minimize the risk of our intervention in the war, we must pay attention to some activities in the near future, try not to go to places where the British are active, or try not to arrange large-scale fleet transfers or caravans.

According to my estimation, the British have also self-righteously provoked continuous battles in Europe for so many years. That is a fuel-efficient lamp. Even if the British may not win, they will definitely not make it easier for the Dutch. The Dutch will lose in the end. "

Song Qing said worriedly: "Maybe the war will be bigger or more dangerous than we imagined. We are divided into three places. Compared with the new Qin State, it is even more difficult to support in wartime. This requires every place to maintain A certain number, even a huge number of warships, and a considerable number of army troops, I am most worried about Yan Chao and Wei Yuanchao on the north bank of the canal in Xinding Yangzhou.

The second worry is that the Dutch will have a decisive battle with the British at the gate of their colony. At that time, our Florida and Georgia will be lost. The British will attack from the land and the coastline. Wherever they land, they will use warships to attract and transfer there The main fleet, then we are likely to lose Florida and Georgia.

Or the British will cooperate with the Spaniards to counterattack Xinxizhou, and the fleet will enter the Mediterranean Sea to regain their lost maritime trade channels.

The Mediterranean maritime trade route is a very important place for the British and Spaniards.

You said the Dutch would choose to fight the British there? "

Jin Lin thought for a while, "Of course the English Channel is the closest and the most convenient place to go to war. Of course, the Dutch's main fleet is in the Caribbean Sea, and their home fleet is very weak. Maybe it's just a diversion, and then strikes on the coast of North America. The remainder of the British North American Fleet Southern Fleet.

After the last battle with us, the South Fleet has added 55 destroyers, [-] frigates and [-] main battleships, exceeding [-] battleships in total, including the remaining old and old British colonies in North America. Steam engine battleships and some sailing ships, about [-] merchant ships, if they can annihilate or severely damage the British North and South Fleets.

The British must be furious. While attacking the Netherlands, they mobilized about [-] to [-] warships from the home fleet to attack the Dutch homeland. The Dutch home fleet can resist by virtue of their coastline and homeland advantages, thus holding back the British. A quarter of the combat power of the home fleet.

If the Dutch provoke us to fight the British in the Mediterranean Sea, they can at least hold back the entire British Azores and half of the combat power of the home fleet. The remaining forces of the British home fleet will have to support the North and South Fleets. Sailing at sea for at least half a month.

When they reach the Dutch, they will provoke the conflict between the British and the French North American colonies, and provoke the battle between the French Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Fleet and the British, then at least a quarter of the British fleet that came to support will have to be divided. One or even two-quarters of the troops to deal with it, the Dutch must have seized a lot of British warships at this time. With a little repair, they will be able to gain an advantage in terms of strength and defeat the remaining quarter of the British expedition of troops.

After the Dutch made such a fuss, the British lost at least half of the total warships of all warships, and the Dutch can buy more warships from us, or exchange the colonies in Central America for the support of the French fleet. The French fleet can be divided into two, Containing the Gulf of Mexico in North America, the French mainland fleet dispatched to contain the British home fleet and the newly formed fleet.

The Dutch have a big plan! "

Song Qing knew that this was just Jin Lin's analysis, but no one knew exactly what the Dutch would do. The intelligence system of the New China Kingdom was still very fragile. Qing, even if there are a few correct reports, no one in the New China Kingdom would dare to believe them. Who knows if the British deliberately passed them over to deceive them?

Now they can only guess.

After half a month of such days, Song Qing is integrating some captured enemy warships and old-style warships that have been retired from active service, and is preparing to assign them to the Coastal Guard near Prince Edward Island. When there was a gap in the battleship of the fleet, I heard someone calling him, and I saw that it was Yan Chao, who himself was the commander of the Xindingzhou Fleet.

He is only in charge of the Coast Guard. Now because he is an old man of the New Qin Kingdom, he has not been reused by the New China Kingdom. He may be reused but not too heavy. For example, let him integrate the Coast Guard and Admiral of the Navy. These are all false titles. Yan Chao fully manages the Xindingzhou Fleet, which is a real reuse.

But Song Qing didn't have any complaints, and no one would make too much use of other people's generals or courtiers. The reason why he was reused was because Jin Qishun was promoted by him. Zhang Siyuan actually belonged to him to a certain extent. It was Zhuang Lin who promoted him. At the same time, he had promoted and helped the New China Kingdom when he was in Xindingzhou. Lu Fang was promoted by Zhuang Lin. He and Lu Fang sent reinforcements to the New China Kingdom twice.

The relationship between the New Kingdom of China and the Kingdom of New Qin is too deep, just like the relationship between the Kingdom of New Qin and the Kingdom of China.

The first thousand and 750 chapters of the second accident happened

Song Qing put down the work at hand and talked to Yan Chao.

"Recently, the Dutch have infiltrated the south bank very badly. They gathered the Dutch mercenaries and Dutch people from the original mercenary regiment in Xindingyang Prefecture. With the help of the Spaniards, they recently captured a lock port of the British on the south bank. And an occupied area of ​​[-] miles was formed on the south bank of the canal, and this occupied area was constantly expanding.

The inland river guards of the British had fierce conflicts with the inland river guards they controlled. At the same time, the Dutch fleet captured a small port in the coastal port of the new Qin state. The mercenaries of the main mercenary battalion, the Dutch sent about [-] Han Chinese and [-] foreigners to the north bank.

The three sailing ships where they were were subsequently sunk in the sea by the British Coast Guard. Several steam engine ships rushed by the Dutch sank the three steam engine battleships of the British Coast Guard as revenge, and then a British support team The Azores fleet there immediately pursued several steam engine warships of the Dutch, and the Dutch fled to the north bank and hid in our port.

Because I wasn't there, the Dutch hid there as an ally. The person in charge of where we were didn't know the twists and turns, and blocked the British for the Dutch, but then the British fleet came to surround the place, and the Dutch followed Sending the prepared fleet to wipe out this fleet of only a dozen ships in the open sea, and now the Dutch have involved our forces on the north coast of Xindingyang Prefecture in their struggle with the British, even if we want to clarify, because We were originally hostile to the British, and it was impossible to choose to withdraw or not to fight, or to expel the Dutch from our territory, and the British then mobilized a squadron of the Southern Fleet and a fleet of the Azores Fleet. The squadron, plus where the canal fleet is storming.

They mainly attacked our fleet, because the Dutch didn't have any fleet there, and now we were pulled by them to block the firepower of the British. The north coast of Dingyang Prefecture was dragged into the naval battle with the British.

The British are now catching us and beating us. We are quite wronged. "

Yan Chao has been carrying out the reorganization of the new main fleet these days, and the fleet over there is a bit neglected. Baozi is still busy at the port of Bada, Maine, so for Panama, which is thousands of miles away in the Caribbean Sea, The fleet on the north coast of Xinding Yangzhou is somewhat neglected in construction and management, although the fleet there is not small at all after being strengthened twice.

The thoughts of the Dutch people have already been guessed when they analyzed Jinlin, the second product of the Song and Qing Dynasties, but they did not expect that the Dutch fleet would be the first to attack the fleet on the north coast of Xinding Yangzhou. If Yan Chao is not there, there will be no master there, Wei Yuan After all, Chao is only an army general. He is not like in the early days of the new Qin State. Whether he is an army general or a navy general, he can take up jobs on both sides. Although he is not necessarily professional, he is a great talent in management and combat, at least not at all. don't know.