In the huge Temasek Naval Camp, shrill suona sounds suddenly sounded from outside every sailor barracks. The harsh suonas blew out the bugle call for emergency assembly. Countless sailors immediately dropped everything on hand and rushed like lightning. Xiangjun Port Pier.
The sound of the suona also woke up Ibrahim Ibn Uldin who was taking a nap in the officer building. He was an observer from the Ottoman Navy - the Ming Empire under the rule of Zhu Cihong always adhered to the open line!
Not only does it adhere to the principles of freedom, openness and low tariffs in trade, but it also maintains exchanges with other countries in the world, mainly Western countries, as much as possible in various aspects such as military, education, science and technology.
This "Western countries", of course, also includes powerful Tianfang religious countries such as the Ottoman Empire and the Timurid Empire in India.
Especially after the military exchanges between China and France were interrupted because the two countries gradually turned from allies to hostility, the military exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and the Ottoman Empire became increasingly frequent - the Ottoman Empire today is not the sick man of Europe, it still It is a military power that can make at least half of Europe tremble. Its military strength may not be as good as France's, but it is definitely above the Holy Roman Empire.
If the Battle of Vienna in 1683 had been a one-on-one battle between the Ottomans and the HRE, Austria might have become Austriastan...
Therefore, after the Ming Army was unable to learn the experience of the European battlefield from the French Army, it turned the focus of exchanges to the Ottoman Empire.
The Ottoman Empire is very interested in the miraculous rise of the Ming Navy. The current Ming Navy can be regarded as overwhelming the British and Dutch! This can be said to be a dramatic attraction to the Ottoman Empire, whose maritime power is declining.
Therefore, Rais (captain) Ibrahim Ibn-ul-Din, who came from a Barbary pirate family and had served the Ottoman Navy for more than 20 years, left Kaptampsha two years ago. (The supreme commander of the Ottoman Navy) received an order to serve as an observer in the Ming Dynasty Navy - Kaptampsha hoped that he could observe carefully in the Ming Dynasty's Malacca Fleet in order to discover the secret of the Ming Dynasty's revival.
And this Ibrahim ibn Ur-din only took three months to discover the biggest trick of the Ming Dynasty's naval revival - money!
The Ming Dynasty's navy actually developed by fighting for armaments... The main effect of the "wooden support bombs" and "nail head explosive bombs" they developed was to eliminate the world's main naval battleships twice!
In this case, of course money talks!
Of course, the cash-strapped Ottoman Empire could not learn the special skills of "richness", so Ibrahim Ibn Ur-din had to stay in the Ming Navy and continue to observe - until he discovered that for the Ottoman Empire The most economical ship development route.
Actual combat is undoubtedly the only criterion for testing the quality of the ship's development route.
So as soon as Ibrahim ibn Ur-din heard the sound of the suona which meant "emergency dispatch", he climbed out of the boat as quickly as possible, put on his military uniform, and took the military uniform issued to him by the Ming army. With this waist card, he can board the flagship of Malacca Fleet Admiral Shi Lang... If he can really see a fierce naval battle this time, he may be able to return to the Ottoman Empire soon. The empire is working hard for His Majesty the Sultan's dream of naval renaissance.
When Ibrahim Ibn Uldin arrived at the pier of Temasek Naval Port, eight majestic "Malacca Type C" galley battleships were moored quietly on the blue sea.
This type of "Malacca Warship" began to join the Ming Dynasty Navy three years ago. According to Ibrahim Ibn Uldin's knowledge, a total of ten ships were built. Eight of them belong to the Malacca Fleet and two belong to the Beiyang Fleet - the Beiyang Fleet is actually the "home fleet" of the Ming Dynasty, responsible for guarding the Ming Dynasty's home seaports including the Yangtze River Estuary.
With a load capacity of 800 tons, it can be equipped with up to 24 12-pound bronze long cannons, and each bronze long cannon can also be equipped with a separate large gun cabin.
The so-called "large gun cabin" combines the gun cabin and bomb cabin together! It seems like a very dangerous design, but for the galley, there is nothing you can do about it - there is a long oar deck under the gun cabin of the galley, and there is no way to build a separate bomb bay deck, so you can only make do with it." "Large Gun Room".
However, the shipbuilding masters of the Ming Dynasty were still very smart. They came up with a method that seemed stupid but worked well. They fixed sandbags to the deck and bulkhead of the large gun cabin. In order to use sandbags to absorb the power of the explosion of explosive shells... In addition, the ammunition box storing the explosive shells is also wrapped with paper sandbags, and the inside of the ammunition box is also filled with sandbags - this is not only to absorb the explosion of shells The power is also to use sand to isolate the air after the ammunition box is concentrated to extinguish the open fire.
When Ibrahim ibn Ul-din boarded the "Temasek" flying the flag of General Shi Lang, the naval admiral was inspecting the "Temasek" together with his chief of staff and the captain of the "Temasek" Zhang Wanqi Every gun bay of the "Temasek" - the Ming Navy not only struggles with armaments, but also struggles with management. The method of management is to formulate as detailed and stringent regulations as possible... and the captain's inspection of the gun bay (bomb bay) is a very important one!
After inspecting the last gun bay, Shi Lang and Zhang Wanqi, an alumnus of the Naval Academy who was several years younger than him, returned to the military hall at the stern of the ship. While waiting for the captains of each ship to arrive, they began to discuss the upcoming war.
"Eight C-type ships, eight B-type ships, and eight A-type ships, a total of 24 ships. Although the number is not large, they are all large ships with heavy guns. Even the smallest Malacca Type A has a load capacity of more than 400 tons and 14 guns. The doors are also 12-pound long guns...The only thing I'm not satisfied with is that the speed is a little slower."
Shi Lang is obviously full of confidence in the strength he has at hand, because he has a quite large fleet at his disposal!
Is 24 ships considered a large scale?
If the fleet of 24 capital ships was not too big before the damn bombs were put on board, it was not too small either.
But in today's era when the "Sea King" with 104 cannons has become an "armed merchant ship", the 24 "shell gun battleships" can definitely be regarded as a powerful force.
"As long as we don't leave the windless and breeze zone of the Strait of Malacca, our speed will not be considered slow. Coupled with our firepower, we are basically invincible."
Zhang Wanqi frowned slightly when he said this. This subtle change in facial expression was captured by Shi Lang who was quite keen.
"Commander of the Army, do you think Li Jicheng's behavior is abnormal and may be deceptive?"
Zhang Wanqi is a gentle-looking man, a "black-faced scholar" (there are no white-faced scholars at sea). He is the son of Zhang Huangyan, the current minister of the Ministry of War. Like his father, he is also famous for his resourcefulness, and he thinks more than Shi Lang.
"Soldiers never tire of deceit! There is definitely deception!" Zhang Wanqi frowned and said, "I'm not worried about the rogue navy, no matter how deceitful it is, it's useless. But the Dutch and French..."
"But we have to save King Luo!" Shi Lang said with a smile, "And we are the navy, not their army... If we don't fight properly, we just think about deception. Our navy doesn't do this. , The decisive victory of the navy depends on the strong ships and powerful guns! As long as our ships are strong enough and the guns are powerful enough, we will not be afraid even if the Dutch come!"
"That's right!" Just as Zhang Wanqi was nodding, there were footsteps outside the door, and then the announcement from the soldiers guarding the door.
The officers of the other ships began to arrive...the military meeting was about to begin.
Shi Lang glanced at Zhang Wanqi, who had already taken out a red envelope and placed it on the conference table. Shi Lang knew that this contained the pre-war instructions from the Naval Department of the Generalissimo's Mansion - during the training, there would be a list of countries that could be attacked!
There should be countries like the Netherlands, France, Portugal (Photography Party) in it!
