Daming Military Empire

Chapter 664 Steel Behemoth, Invincible Battleship
Dongfan in April, the spring is beautiful, from the mountains to the sea, from the canyons to the lakes, every place exudes vitality, which makes people feel refreshed.

On this day, Nandaying Xingang flags were fluttering and colorful flags fluttered. A group of officials from Fengtian Prefecture and the officials sent by the Ministry of Industry to renovate the shipyard were waiting respectfully at the No. [-] pier. It was obvious that a big person was coming to Dongfan.

At about [-] o'clock in the morning, ten super battleships arrived in Nandaying Xingang in a neat formation. The scale did not seem very large, but the officials who got off the battleships were not small.

This person is the favorite minister of the current emperor, a high-ranking member of the court, Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Deputy Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Bi Maokang.

There are a lot of officials from the Ministry of Industry behind him, and the posture looks like he is going to move the Ministry of Industry to Dongfan!
What is going on here?
It turned out that Zhu Cijiong had arranged a task that day, ordering the Ministry of Industry to transform all Dongda Construction Shipyard and Nandaying into large-scale shipyards for the production of ironclad warships within this year, and the samples of ironclad warships must be trial-manufactured as soon as possible.

This task is relatively heavy. The shipyard does not say that it can be improved by changing it. The iron-clad battleship is a super-large and overweight behemoth. An iron-clad battleship weighs at least a thousand tons, so it is not easy to make it.

At this time, the Dongda Construction Shipyard was manufacturing super battleships, and the Nantah University Construction Shipyard was just undergoing renovation. Bi Maokang decided to renovate the Nantah Construction Shipyard first, produce samples, and then go back to the Dongda Construction Shipyard.

Now, the Dongda Construction Shipyard is producing [-] super battleships every six months, that is to say, within three months, he will renovate the Nantong University Construction Shipyard and produce samples. The time is very tight.

So, he brought all the relevant officials from the Ministry of Industry here, and he has been squatting here for the past three months.

The emperor said that everything else can be put aside first, because with the armored battleship, Daming will be invincible!
From the moment the emperor uttered these words, Bi Maokang's heart became extremely hot. Through his own efforts, he could make Da Ming invincible, even if he was exhausted to death, he was willing.

At this time, he only had one thought, that is: shipbuilding, shipbuilding, shipbuilding, and the ironclad battleship must be built as soon as possible!

As soon as he got off the battleship, he was thinking about how to start the work. He only said a few perfunctory words to the officials who greeted him at the dock, and then let them lead the way, first to visit the shipyard.

This man, there are not many people in Ming Dynasty who can offend him, and the officials in Nan Daying are naturally even more unofficial, so he can do whatever he says.

So, a group of people went directly to the shipyard without eating the prepared feast.

When Bi Maokang came here, he made a draft. He knew a lot about shipbuilding. He also had a rough plan on how to build an ironclad warship.

The first thing he looked at was the steelmaking plant in Nandaying. After some on-site inspections, the scale of the steelmaking plant simply did not meet the requirements.

Originally, this place only provided steel for the naval guns of the Armed Fuchuan, and the quantity was very small. It is understandable that the scale of the steelmaking plant is not large enough.

He had expected this for a long time, and even brought professionals to build the steelmaking furnace. If the scale is not enough, then expand it.

He directly ordered Mr. Yu Hengqing of the Ministry of Industry to be responsible for the construction of a new steelmaking plant. The number of steelmaking furnaces must be increased by at least ten, and the construction must be completed within two months!
Immediately afterwards, he walked around the periphery of the steelmaking plant, found a place, and with a domineering finger, he directly ordered the Ministry of Industry to build a large rolling mill here, specializing in the production of steel plates for ships.

As for the plate rolling machine, he had already ordered it from the Daming Royal Machinery Group, and it would be delivered in a month.

After arranging the rolling mill, he transferred to the nearby cannon foundry.

The Nandaying Cannon Factory is only making some howitzers for the armed blessing boats, and the scale is naturally not that big. There is no way, it has to be expanded.

He directly ordered the Ministry of Industry's Ministry of Industry to repair and clean up officials, Lang Zhong, to be responsible for expanding the cannon factory. According to the scale of Dongdaying Cannon Factory, what is there must be there.

After dealing with the affairs of the steel mill, the rolling mill and the foundry, Bi Maokang finally led a group of officials towards Nantah Construction Shipyard.

However, halfway on the way, he stopped again just when he could see the shadow of the shipyard in the distance.

A large power plant must also be built here, precision machine tools, new hoisting equipment, and workshop lighting all need electricity.

The machine tools here in Nandaying are basically old-fashioned steam machine tools, and only some electricity is needed for the lighting in the workshop. The original steelmaking plant and cannon factory installed a small generator in the factory building, and the work is done. Now it can’t. .

He stood on the spot and looked around for a while, then pointed to an open space not far away, and ordered the Ministry of Industry to build a large power plant here.

As for the large-scale generators, Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi, two professionals, are going to do it. They are still developing electric hoists and electric welding machines in the capital, but those two things don't take much time. I believe the power plant here Once the factory building is completed, they will be able to come here.

In the end, there was only the shipyard left, and Bi Maokang decided to go into battle in person, supervise the work here, and renovate the shipyard.

The original dock of the shipyard is definitely unusable and must be rebuilt.

Of course, the original shipyard can’t just be dismantled and thrown away. Zhu Cijiong also explained this before he came. The original shipyard was simply bought to a private shipyard as a whole. In the future, the Fuchuan Engineering Department will not build it, and all will be made by the private sector. The sale and purchase of Fuchuan are also decided by themselves, but the artillery is produced by the Ministry of Industry.

That is to say, in the future, the folks will build ordinary blessing ships. If they want to modify them into armed blessing ships, they must report to the imperial court, and the Ministry of Industry will refit them in a unified manner.

As for the original water channel, the length and width are sufficient, but it must be deepened. Fortunately, the pumping equipment was developed early in the morning. It only needs to drain the water inside and dig a little deeper.

After all the arrangements were made, it was almost time for dinner, and the already hungry officials were able to have a full meal.

In the early morning of the next day, following Bi Maokang's order, the steelmaking plant, plate rolling plant, cannon foundry, power plant, and shipyard were all started, and the entire South Camp was busy inside and out.

With the top officials of the current dynasty and the deputy prime ministers sitting here, the progress everywhere is naturally fast.

Plants have been erected one after another, equipments have been gathered one after another, huge docks are slowly taking shape, and long waterways have been dug deeper and deeper. Thanks to Zhu Cijiong's investment regardless of cost, Nandaying New Shipyard is developing at a speed visible to the naked eye. Rise.

One month later, the construction of the first new dock was completed. Bi Maokang directly moved his residence into the dock and personally supervised the construction of the first ironclad warship.

He chose a battleship for the first ironclad battleship, because its internal structure is not very different from the original battleship, except that there is an extra giant airtight cabin underneath. It can be made quickly by concentrating skilled workers on working overtime.

In less than half a month, a terrifyingly large steel giant ship appeared in the new dock of the Nanda Construction Shipyard. Although it was not yet completed and equipped with artillery, its terrifying appearance alone was enough to make people daunting.

Once such steel behemoths appear in groups on the sea, how can anyone in this world be able to fight against them!
(End of this chapter)