1801.
2 years of martial arts.
The first fleet of the Ming Navy was formed and formal training began.
And a large number of sailing battleships began to take a back seat.
Some of the artillery pieces were dismantled and sold to merchants, and some were handed over to the Coast Guard, which is responsible for combating pirates along the coast.
Zhang Baozai, who was entrenched on the southeast coast, felt the pressure, reduced his troops, and sailed north along the Ryukyu Islands into the Bohai Sea.
He was ready to surrender to the Manchus.
For the Manchus, Cheung Po Tsai's surrender was a timely help.
The Manchu Qing finally had a navy capable of fighting.
As a result, the Manchu Qing Dynasty followed the example of the Ming Dynasty Navy and established its own First Fleet of the Qing Navy.
The main force is 6 1,500-ton sailing battleships and more than 200 other large and small warships.
There are countless small sampans.
The Forbidden City in Peking.
Jiaqing lay on the rocking chair and read the newspaper.
The Qing Navy began to get on the right track, and he was very happy.
However, when he saw the giant ship of the Ming Navy's First Fleet in the newspaper, he was unhappy again.
The word "shipbuilding" lingered in his mind.
"Passed by Zhang Baozai, Admiral of the Qing Dynasty!"
After a while, Zhang Baozai, dressed in military uniform, entered the Nourishing Heart Hall.
"I, Admiral Zhang Baozai, come to see the Emperor!"
Zhang Baozai, dressed in a new navy uniform, knelt down on the ground and bowed to Jiaqing.
"I love you so much that I will give you a seat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
When half of Zhang Baozai's butt landed on the small stool, Jiaqing looked at his face that had been eroded by the sea wind and asked.
"I want to build an armored ship, how do I build it?"
Cheung Bao Tsai was stunned. If you ask me, I don’t know either.
I am a pirate. The ships were either given to me by the British or stolen.
However, he carefully recalled the Ming Dynasty's steel battleships.
Recalling the experiences of exchanges with Western colonists over the years, I also have an impression of how to make a statue.
However, before Zhang Baozai opened his mouth, Jiaqing kept talking to himself.
"I observe that the huge ship Dingyuan only has steel armor, steam engines and artillery ears.
I can actually make these three items in Qing Dynasty.
On the occasion of the late emperor's eightieth birthday, the British sent a steam engine and locomotive, as well as some technical books, and I entrusted them to you.
I will collect the country's steel, and the artillery will be disassembled directly from your sail battleship.
The first ironclad ship of the Qing Dynasty is not far away~"
Jiaqing said and took out a drawing.
Cheung Bao Tsai took a look, his expression was extremely exciting.
I saw that the deck of the ironclad ship was covered with artillery, and they were also posed.
Your Majesty, the turret you think of and the actual turret are two different things.
Cheung Po Tsai has also read the cartoons of "Da Ming Pao" and seen the stick figure cross-section of the Dingyuan.
On the surface, the turret on the deck is just that big.
In fact, there is a huge transmission structure below the deck, which can transport artillery shells from the ammunition depot at the bottom of the ship to the deck.
If it is a rotating turret like the Dingyuan, the multi-layer rotating drum can extend from the deck to the watertight compartment at the bottom of the ship.
If we want to implement artillery all over the deck like Jiaqing, it will inevitably have an impact on the structure below the deck.
For example, there are fewer closed cabins, the main structure is not strong enough, and there are a large number of areas on the armor belts on both sides of the ship that are difficult to protect...
The risk of explosion for this kind of ship is too high.
Cheung Bao Tsai patiently explained to Jiaqing and put forward suggestions for improvement.
The main guns on the deck were reduced to 6, and the other guns were moved to the corridors on both sides as gallery guns.
Jiaqing frowned, the improved battleship was not in line with his expectations.
He doesn't like Cheung Po Tsai a little bit.
"Zhang Aiqing.
What you are rejecting now is not the plan, but your future.
What I gave today is an order, and what you will give tomorrow is a post.
I am the one who does not understand the navy, but it is you who should learn from it.
You think you are keeping the Navy on the right path, but in fact it is stopping you on the path of your career.
If you think about it carefully, will my plan work? "
Zhang Baozai thought about it for a while. His whole family is now in the Forbidden City in Peking, so he has to be soft when he should be soft.
He said: "Is there anyone in the world who knows more about the navy than the emperor?
Your Majesty, Wei Chen did have an opinion just now, but I don't agree with my opinion.
You have eaten on more bridges than I have walked across rice. I have long felt that the emperor's plan is more suitable. Just now, Wei Chen was just possessed by a ghost and did not say anything. "
As a result, a warship "jointly" designed by Jiaqing and Qing Admiral Zhang Baozai was released.
The bold design is quite explosive if you look at the whole world.
When the old master of Tianjin Shipyard received such a novel design request, he once thought that the sycophant Zhang Baozai had bewitched the emperor.
It wasn't until Zhang Baozai came to the shipyard in person and met with several old masters that everyone shut up.
Then think hard about the drawings.
They were good at building wooden ships, but they had never built iron ships.
How to connect the iron plates?
What is a steam engine?
Also, don’t you feel top-heavy with so many artillery pieces on the deck?
There is no other way, facing the holy metaphor, the old masters can only grit their teeth.
The welding of iron plates actually has related technology in ancient times. Pouring iron juice into the gaps can also weld the iron plates together.
Then use rivets and iron plates to nail one layer alternately.
The most difficult soldering solution.
All that's left is how to make use of these outdated steam engines.
As for naval guns, just use some gun mounts and set up the artillery, isn't that the end?
Ironclad ships were novel.
Steam engines and naval guns are also the essence of battleships.
Jiaqing accomplished an unprecedented feat.
Take the essence and make it into the dregs!
Just when Manqing was building the first ironclad ship with great enthusiasm.
A small sailboat from the Ming Dynasty Coast Guard smelled of Zhang Baozai and turned into the Bohai Sea.
The small sailboat approached the Tianjin Shipyard and saw a large group of people digging a dry dock in the distance.
“Look at the scale, it’s huge!”
The captain held up his binoculars and muttered.
He asked the crew to take photos, then quietly exited the Bohai Sea and returned to the Coast Guard fleet anchored offshore.
A telegram was relayed through several communication ships on the sea and sent to the large radio station on Chongming Island.
When Zhu Zaiming learned of this, he immediately activated Duo Shan, a secret agent of Jin Yiwei who was far away in the Forbidden City in Peking.
After Duo Shan’s telegram confirmed, Daqing was really building its own ironclad!
The General's Mansion.
An emergency meeting was held.
Zhu Zaiming summoned Kong Er and Shen Yulong to discuss the matter.
At this time, the Ming Dynasty did not have much information and could only judge by the size of the dry dock. The Qing Dynasty's ironclad ships were expected to have a displacement of more than 5,000 tons.
Although Zhu Zaiming didn't think Daqing could really build ironclads.
Even if it were built, it is estimated that the power of the old steam engine would not be able to drive the giant ship.
But be afraid of anything unexpected.
"Where is my fleet?"
"Your Majesty, the First Fleet is currently conducting ocean training in the Pacific and is currently anchored in Hawaii."
Hawaii was still a colonial island at this time, and a small number of colonists from various countries were being violently beaten by the indigenous people.
Seeing the arrival of the First Fleet of the Ming Navy was like meeting my biological father.
"Should we recall the First Fleet?"
"No! I have thought about it carefully. Even if we recall the First Fleet, it is impossible to bombard the Tianjin Shipyard. There are too many people around."
Ming Dynasty would never show any mercy when attacking foreigners.
Back then in Sydney, the city was blown up for you.
But Zhu Zaiming was still very cautious when attacking his own people.
As long as it is not the army, we will not fight if we can.
They are all the people of the future Ming Dynasty. They are killing each other, and what is lost is the national power of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Zaiming was thinking about how to force the Qing army to give up the construction of ironclad ships.
Or, even if it is built, it will not be able to sail out of the Bohai Sea.
Zhu Zaiming traced his finger across the map and fixed his gaze on Lushun.
