Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 417 Ming’s battleship
The Ming Dynasty Prince Zhu Yichi boarded the Zhenwu ironclad, the flagship of the Nanyang Fleet, amidst the sound of military bugles.

Came to greet.

It's the captain of the Zhenwu.

Zhu Yixian, the third son of the restored Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yixian was awarded the title of King of Jin.

This king's title is obviously very noble.

The King of Qin is second only to Zhu Yixin.

and.

Because Zhu Yixian is the daughter of Luo Fangmei.

He is the legitimate son.

According to etiquette, he is the second in line to the throne of the Ming Dynasty.

If his eldest brother Zhu Yichi has any shortcomings.

Then the throne will fall on the third prince.

Zhu Yixian first gave Zhu Yimao a military salute.

Then after putting down his hands, he grinned.

"Big brother!"

Zhu Yicheng patted Zhu Yixian on the shoulder.

The age difference between the two is only one year.

They are brothers who grew up together, and Emperor Zhu's relationship is not a traditional royal relationship. The two went to the Royal Academy when they were young, and they have a good relationship.

"Dark and thin!"

Zhu Yichi sighed and said.

"Originally, the old man wanted you to go to California to take charge, but you insisted on boarding the ship."

Zhu Yichi shook his head and said.

According to Zhu Daohua's idea, his two sons.

The second eldest brother, Zhu Yixin, is based in Jinzhou, and the third eldest brother, Zhu Yixian, is based in California.

The north and south roads go west together.

But Zhu Yixian happened to be a naval fan.

You have to choose to go to the Naval Academy.

After graduating, he quickly became the captain of a new ironclad ship - he was a prince after all, and the Ming Empire was not a federation or a republic where everyone was equal.

As a prince, his starting point is of course a few hundred million points higher than that of an ordinary naval officer.

Now he has become the captain of the latest iron-framed battleship, the flagship Zhenwu of the Nanyang Fleet.

It can be said that if your official career is prosperous, it belongs to you.

"I like to be in the Navy. After all, if I go to North America, I won't be bullied to death by the second child."

Zhu Yixian waved his hand and said indifferently.

"If you don't go, the second child will take over the best territory in North America."

Zhu Yichi shook his head and said.

"If you take it, take it. I can't compete with him anyway. My eldest brother will become the emperor in the future. How can I still suffer a loss?"

Zhu Yixian blinked and said.

"you boy"

Zhu Yichi shook his head, and the two walked onto the battleship while chatting.

Those greeted on the battleship deck included a number of senior officials from the Nanyang Fleet.

Including fleet commander Zhang Bao, fleet chief of staff Chen Huacheng and others.

They all saluted the prince.

March 1810, 3 AD.

Shanghai Jiangbei Military Port.

It was just dawn.

The roar of the steam engine began to rumble in the military port.

Searchlights turned on.

Illuminating the dim military port brightly - this is an electric light!
Electricity has been conquered by the Ming Royal Academy of Sciences.

The Royal Academy of Sciences of the Ming Dynasty received submission advice from a mysterious figure.

Hans Oersted, an academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Ming Dynasty from Denmark, discovered the phenomenon of electromagnetic induction on this basis.

In recognition of the contributions of these "mysterious scientists".

The Ming Dynasty Royal Foundation allocated funds to establish the "Ming Dynasty Royal Science and Civilization Award"

It is specially used to reward those who have made outstanding contributions to the progress of human scientific civilization.

While the fleet lights came on.

Black smoke began to rise from the chimneys of every battleship.

The steam engine's boiler was fired.

The warship begins to warm up.A steam engine that relies on steam for power needs to wait for the water in the boiler to boil before the ship can start.

under normal circumstances.

This warm-up process takes about three hours - up to an hour in an emergency.

at the same time.

Inside the barracks of the military camp.

The lights were also turned on.

Bugles rise and fall.

Sailors in blue sailor uniforms and Marines in red uniforms lined up in neat lines and began to board the ship.

Fight for this time.

The Ming Navy recruited an "Eighty-Eight Fleet" and a brigade of marines.

Just to transport these troops, in addition to ironclad ships, the Navy also recruited more than 200 steam-sail hybrid ships to transport materials and personnel.

at this time.

At Jiangbei Military Port, thousands of boats are racing!

Now the Ming Dynasty mainly has two fleets.

One is the Eastern Fleet.

Responsible for operations in the Pacific region.

The second is the Nanyang Fleet.

Responsible for operations in the Indian Ocean region.

but.

Although the Navy of the Ming Dynasty had two fleet headquarters at the army level.

But there are no fixed ships under these two fleets.

But based on the needs of combat missions,
Prepare at any time.

Increase or decrease at any time according to combat needs.

Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty's navy has only two fleet headquarters.

The main force of the squadron operations below is mainly a fleet composed of eight Zhen-class armored battleships and eight Hong-class armored cruisers, which is nicknamed the "Eight-Eight Fleet".

Town-class armored battleship.

The displacement is 40 metric tons, and the waterline armor thickness of the ship's side is 80-0.3 centimeters (one centimeter = [-] centimeters).The two rotating main turrets have a main gun caliber of one hundred centimeters, which is a full three hundred millimeters in modern metric units!
This kind of main gun is the highest technological crystallization of the industrialization of the Ming Empire.

Since it is the latest ironclad ship, it naturally adopts many unique new technologies.First of all, the turret of the ironclad ship adopts a rotatable fully enclosed armored turret arranged on the central axis.

This new technology has resulted in the Ming Dynasty's new battleship having a smaller gun caliber than the British and French battleships of the same level.

Two turrets, with a total of only six main guns.

Besides.

Also equipped with a large number of rapid-fire cannons.

The Hong-class armored cruiser is much thinner than the battleship.

The displacement reached four thousand metric tons.

It is not equipped with a main gun of large caliber.

Mainly a large number of thirty-inch caliber rapid-fire guns.

The speed is also much faster than that of a battleship.

There are four such main fleets in total.

They are stationed in Guangzhou Port, Shanghai Port, Dalian Port and Vladivostok Port respectively.

As for fleets such as the Channel Squadron, Coastline Defense Fleet, and Pacific Route Escort Fleet.

The battleship is a Wei-class frigate.

Displacement of fifteen hundred tons.

high speed.

Mainly equipped with rapid-fire cannons.

This time the battle in Nanyang.

The Ming Dynasty Navy will dispatch a main "Eighty-Eight Fleet", plus 16 Wei-class frigates from the Strait Squadron.

Form a huge armored fleet and attack the British Navy's main stronghold in the Indian Ocean: the Maldives.

In this age of expensive ironclads.

Even with the national power of the Ming Empire.

It was quite difficult to gather four "Eighty-Eight Fleets" together.

If we continue to build capital ships, whether they are Zhen-class or Hong-class, we will need to increase the budget and even issue national bonds.
and.

These ironclad ships are products of the peaceful era - there has been no war in the navy for ten years.

Can these new ironclad ships be defeated?

It also needs to be tested in actual combat.

Now, their first test may be coming!
(End of this chapter)