Daqin: Check in at the beginning of 18 and ask Zulong to abdicate

Ying Zigao nodded in satisfaction, then strode onto the deck.

These ten style battleships will become the flagship battleships of the entire fleet in the future.

In addition to ten giant battleships, countless frigates are also needed.

After all, capital ships are too huge to be compared with small warships in terms of speed.

If it is on the sea, if it encounters a pursuit battle, it will not be able to display its power at all.

The biggest function of this kind of capital ship is actually to confront the enemy's navy head-on, or bombard the enemy's coast.

After all, these ten giant battleships can accommodate five or six hundred crew members and forty artillery pieces!

With such a powerful firepower, the ship is doomed not to move fast.

Looking at the ten huge ships, Ying Zigao was very happy.

It feels like you are about to conquer the sea!

But how easy is it to conquer the sea?
Ying Zigao also knew that these ten warships were far from enough.

In addition to battleships and frigates, Ying Zigao also needs a large number of transport ships.

The plan is to build ten warships first, followed by a hundred medium-sized frigates, and finally, a transport ship that can accommodate the remaining sailors.

The problem of transport ships is very simple. At that time, it is only necessary to purchase or requisition civilian trade ships.

After visiting the ten warships, Ying Zigao was very satisfied.

It is completely designed and built according to the drawings.

There are two rows of square openings on each side of the battleship. Each row has ten holes, adding up to twenty holes, and adding up all sides makes for forty holes.

In other words, each battleship is enough to accommodate forty artillery pieces.

The rest are frigates, a hundred frigates, much smaller than battleships.

It is estimated that each frigate can accommodate up to [-] sailors.

and twenty guns.

After all, it is a warship, and it should focus on fighting. It only needs enough soldiers to accommodate it, and there is no need to carry so many soldiers.

Installing so many people will only cause various burdens on the battleship.

For example, the speed cannot catch up with etc.

A few months later...

A hundred frigates have basically been built.

The production of artillery is also nearing completion.

Suzaku's efficiency is fairly high. In just three months, it has already produced [-] cannons.

Of course, these five hundred doors are far from enough, they can only arm the ten main warships.

And a hundred frigates.

But the good news is that the production of muskets by Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry is also nearing completion.

A total of more than 7 muskets were produced.

After these muskets were tested, they were all handed over to Zheng He and armed with sailors.

Fifty thousand will be handed over to the recruits, and the remaining [-] will be placed in the warehouse for backup.

After producing [-] muskets, Ying Zigao ordered that the musket factory be temporarily converted into a cannon factory and start producing cannons at full capacity!
That night, Ying Zigao had a new idea.

Now that the artillery is available, why not think of a way to make some mortars and put them on the surface of the ship?
Compared with traditional artillery, mortars not only have a longer range, but also are not as powerful as half of artillery.

In siege warfare, mortars can play a very important role!

Therefore, Ying Zigao rushed to make the design drawing of the mortar overnight.

But after all, I am not a real scientist, and the knowledge I have is only superficial.

It is not easy to actually make a mortar.

It takes countless failures.

Therefore, Ying Zigao brought Suzaku over again, hoping to work with Suzaku to find a way to get the mortar out.

Suzaku came to Ying Zigao's room, a little dazed.

"Eh? Master Gao, we already have so many powerful weapons, why do we need to make weapons?"

Suzaku asked.

Ying Zigao sighed, and said, "Who would dislike himself for being too powerful?"

Suzaku nodded, and started to observe the drawings with Ying Zigao.

"By the way, Suzaku, I was thinking that this kind of cannon can be placed on a city wall or on a ship and fired in a projectile manner."

At the beginning, Ying Zigao's idea was the traditional mountain mortar in the film and television drama.

But after seeing the blueprint, Suzaku shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, Mr. Gao, a mortar of this shape can't be fired at all!"

Suzaku looked at the iron pipe, which was almost completely facing the sky, on the blueprint, and shook his head helplessly.

Ying Zigao also nodded and said, "Of course I know, so I called you here, let's study it carefully."

Suzaku looked at the simple drawings drawn by Ying Zigao and thought about it carefully.

Right now, this mortar is characterized by a very short barrel and a higher firing angle.

But this kind of gun has to be installed on a flat plate or a frame.

And fired at a projectile angle, so that it is easier to fly over enemy fortifications, and throw shrapnel at the enemy.

At this time, Ying Zigao on the side introduced: "The mortar I conceived has a range of at least three miles. It uses projectiles. When the shells fly to two meters, they begin to drop sharply! In this way, the falling The speed is enough to smash the enemy fortifications below into ruins!"

Hearing this, Suzaku nodded half-understanding.

After a long time, she slowly said: "Master Gao, I think... if you want the mortar to have such power, you should enlarge the barrel. The barrel is far from being as small as it is now, at least... it must be able to hold a mouthful A barrel the size of a cylinder."

Hearing this, Ying Zigao recalled it carefully.

Indeed, the mortar gun paper conceived in my mind is a mountain mortar during World War II.

The reason why mortars at that time were so simple was entirely because of the problem of shells.

The shells during World War II were not like they are now, they were just iron balls!

It is not easy to launch such a big iron ball and shot put.

Need a bigger barrel!

"Um……"

Ying Zigao thought for a while, then let go and handed over the matter to Suzaku.

I just provided an idea, as for the rest, I will leave it to my subordinates to do it!
After all, this is the meaning of existence of subordinates!

If you have to do everything yourself, why do you need the Ministry of Industry?
Therefore, Ying Zi simply picked up the blueprint, stuffed it into Suzaku's hands, and said, "Well, go back and study it carefully, and you must hurry! After all...we will be leaving soon."

"okay!"

Suzaku nodded, turned and left.

In the early morning of the next day, Zheng He found Ying Zigao.

As soon as Zheng He entered Ying Zigao's room, he found no one in Ying Zigao's room, so he hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty! I heard that everything is ready. The fifty thousand sailors I have accepted, I have also received the musket, and I can leave at any time!"

Ying Zigao also wanted to speed up the process, but right now, the mortar has not been manufactured yet.