It was not without reason that Yang Zhen was appointed to take full charge of the Marine Corps training course. He was just in his destiny year and could be said to be the most senior amphibious warfare expert in the Ming Dynasty.
As a witness who witnessed the Ming Dynasty from the edge of collapse to where it is now, Yang Zhen did not pursue fame and fortune, and he knew that his abilities were limited and could not move left and right, so he chose a position for himself early and then took root in I have been studying one aspect for half a lifetime.
And the aspect he chose was naturally amphibious warfare.
Starting from studying the organizational models and tactics of Britain and France, and now developing completely based on the national conditions of his country, Yang Zhen has made great contributions to the construction of the Ming Dynasty Marine Corps. This new large-scale Marine Corps unit with independent combat capabilities is also proposed by him.
In fact, this proposal was submitted to him two years ago, but it was never adopted until this year.
"Tsk, this kid is no small matter."
As the sun set in the west, Yang Zhen returned to his residence and carefully reviewed Zhou Changfeng's work. After reading it, he couldn't help but sigh as if talking to himself.
In terms of tactical thinking, application, organization, coordination, support, and many other aspects, this essay of just a few thousand words actually mentions them all, and it is quite brilliant.
Although limited by the length of the book, not much is written about each aspect, but it is enough to reflect the author's skill - it is quite detached in thought, but not unrealistic.
In particular, the arguments on tactical organization coincided with him and were quite to his liking, which made Yang Zhen extremely satisfied for a while.
In this case, if you look at other people's general comments, it will feel boring.
Even Yan Chenwu, whom he was quite optimistic about, his writing seemed eclipsed, a little dull and old-fashioned.
"There is really no shortage of talents in our country." Yang Zhen sighed while dialing the phone number of Xu Zhanming's residence.
"Zhi Chong, the Zhou Changfeng you picked is a treasure. How did you get it from the Forbidden Army?"
Xu Zhanming, who was on the other end of the phone, was slightly startled, and couldn't help but recall the frustrating encounter with the Forbidden Army a few days ago.
He pretended to be relaxed and replied: "We just discussed it. Pang Lingqi still has to give me this face."
In fact, Xu Zhanming broke his teeth and swallowed it because that old man Pang Lingqi stole twenty bottles of aged Maotai and dozens of bottles of Mianzhu Daqu and Luzhou Daqu from him!
Not to mention the latter, those twenty bottles of aged Moutai alone are worth at least several thousand yuan!
Xu Zhanming feels that he and Pang Lingqi are enemies because he likes to collect wine, but he doesn't drink much; while Pang Lingqi loves fine wine very much, and he doesn't like wine without it, but he doesn't like to collect it.
As a result, Xu Zhanming's collection of fine wines over the past few years was wiped out on the pretext of poaching.
This is not over yet, because in addition to Pang Lingqi, there is also Huang Taize, commander of the third mixed brigade, who is on his way back to Beijing. I heard that he is ready to come to investigate!
Xu Zhanming was helpless because he couldn't express his sorrow, but at this moment, facing his old friend who was full of interest, he could only cater to him and said: "What makes you so happy? What outstanding thing did that boy do?"
So Yang Zhen gave a brief description and lamented that the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead.
Xu Zhanming also sincerely echoed a few words. It is a good thing to find a treasure. How can a good general be compared to a mediocre general?
Seeing that his old friend was so satisfied, he felt for a moment that it was not a loss for him to be blackmailed out of so much wine.
Zhou Changfeng, who had handed in his article early and left, was naturally unaware of the current situation. At the moment, he was enjoying dinner with Xia Xiaoshi.
Otherwise, why do you have to write so fast? If you have nothing to do, how good would it be to write slowly?
At the same time, thousands of miles away in Wuhan, the luxury train on which His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was riding slowly stopped beside the platform amidst the sound of the whistle.
This is a special steam locomotive designed and manufactured by Kua'e Heavy Machinery Company. It has a composite three-cylinder type, two external low-pressure cylinders and one internal high-pressure cylinder. It carries 36 tons of water and 12 tons of coal. The axle number is 2-8-4, and it is grouped in six sections. , the normal maximum output power is 2400 horsepower.
Its biggest appearance feature is that the locomotive is wrapped by a streamlined fairing. Its maximum test speed is as high as 130km/h, and the actual average operating speed is around 90km/h.
This kind of experimental high-speed steam locomotive is not uncommon around the world, but it is usually only used to test new technologies. Because the operating costs are relatively high, not many are actually put into private passenger transportation.
Except for the two specially designed for the emperor and one for the crown prince, there are only twelve private cars in operation, which represent the highest level of passenger train transportation in the Ming Dynasty.
"Your Highness, everything is correct and everything has been arranged."
"Let's go."
Zhu Lizhen made a special trip to inspect the newly built automobile production line of Yangyue Company. As an important manifestation of the country's hard power, Daming's foundation in this area is really too weak.
Last year, the total output of Daming Motors was only more than 70,000 vehicles, which was a little more than Italy. It could not be compared with Britain and France, which produced hundreds of thousands of vehicles, let alone the United States, which produced more than 4 million vehicles.
Obviously, we are not willing to lower ourselves to compare with Italy. The size of the two is very different and there is no comparison.
Since it is already evening today, it is impossible to rush to inspect, so naturally we have to rest for the night.
Although the emperor asked him to stay in the palace of Wuhan Mansion, the basic rules still had to be followed, so Zhu Lizhen stayed in the side hall that night.
The fiery red sun had already risen the next morning, and the thoroughfares of the nine provinces were still hot in September, and it would probably have to wait until October for the weather to quickly cool down.
At the front are twelve motorcycles clearing the way, followed by eighteen open-top off-road vehicles. Each vehicle has a flag pole, Qingdao, Jiangyin, Baize, Jiaozhi and other ceremonial flags, and two ceremonial flags are standing at the same time. Named Jinyiwei.
Then came the four bulletproof cars that Zhu Lizhen and his accompanying officials were riding in. There were also more than a dozen three-wheeled sidecar motorcycles on both sides of the convoy. In addition to the twelve off-road vehicles at the rear of the convoy, there were even two Sanyi Type 4 vehicles. Armored vehicles hold the line.
The breeze blew and the flags fluttered. Although the ceremony was simplified, the scene was still grand.
The factory for the new production line of Yangyue Company is located in Hanyang County. People in the Ming Dynasty generally called the industrial park "workshop". The word "fang" took the meaning of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, that is, a square area, such as the familiar One hundred and eight squares in Chang'an.
The personal arrival of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is obviously not something to be ignored. The Hanyang County Inspection Department is responsible for the external security, while the internal security is solely responsible for the internal security.
I saw hundreds of company employees and employees waiting at the gate of the workshop for a long time. On the roof of the factory inside, figures could be vaguely seen moving.
There are also several Jinyi guards on the water tower. One of them is holding a Swiss K31 straight-action rifle, but equipped with a Type 22 triple sight from Hangzhou Jingrui Optical Company. At this moment, he is carefully paying attention to the movements around him. .
(End of chapter)
