Since the Army's uniform is green, the Air Force's uniform is blue, and the Navy's uniform can only be white.
If it is orange like the hat, it will look a bit like children's clothing or a clown's appearance.
Choose an orange hat, even the shawl is the same color.
It is to prevent sailors from falling into the water and facilitate search and rescue as soon as possible.
At first, the white military uniform was quite controversial because it was generally only worn by mourners wearing mourning clothes in this color.
A certain new emperor would not spoil his subordinates in this regard and let those who were unhappy choose one of the two.
Either wear a new military uniform or stay naked forever!
Could it be that if he cut his nails long and had a new hairstyle, he would no longer be the master of the Ming Dynasty?
Wearing bright red clothes will definitely defeat the enemy fleet?
This is what the military uniforms of the Immortal Realm are like. Those who don't want to wear them can go fishing. A certain new emperor never cares what the fishermen wear.
After so many years of perseverance, everyone has become accustomed to it, and the white military uniforms look really good against the blue sea.
But this is only a uniform for inspection. In normal combat or training, you still have to wear blue camouflage uniforms that are less likely to be dirty.
The color of the hat is still orange, which is convenient for search and rescue. It is rare to see him standing on the side of the ship and the superstructure like he is today twice a year.
Seeing such a pleasing picture, a certain new emperor finally felt that the hundreds of millions of taels spent on purchasing the ship were not in vain.
A certain new emperor never looked at the total tonnage of the fleets of various countries, which was completely meaningless.
There are a lot of wooden warships mixed in, which are not comparable to ironclad ships at all.
Perhaps now Britain and Spain can still rely on the huge numerical advantage of wooden warships to gain a certain advantage over rivals with smaller navies like the Ottomans.
But in another twenty or thirty years, even the Ottoman Empire will have thirty or forty ironclads. Those like Britain and Spain without ironclads will only become third-rate or even fourth-rate countries.
The Ming Navy and the Zheng Fleet have over a hundred ironclad ships, and are currently the only navy in the world with over a hundred ironclad ships.
In the face of absolute quality, Yingxi's thousands of wooden ships are not worth mentioning.
It is obvious that a certain new emperor can kill ten times as many enemy wooden ships with a hundred ironclad ships.
Although the ironclad ship is expensive to build, it is fast and has strong resistance to strikes. It is also particularly suitable for launching anti-ship missiles and is not easy to be ignited.
If these advantages are brought together, it will be the natural enemy of wooden battleships.
Flammability is the lifeblood of wooden warships, a fatal flaw that cannot be solved.
Ironclad ships don't even need to fire their guns when dealing with wooden warships. If they get close enough to fire anti-ship missiles, the other side will just turn into a burning bonfire!
If you want to compete with the Ming Dynasty on the sea, just say how many iron-clad ships you have and what their tonnage is. Don't count the wooden ships. It's all in vain!
It is not impossible to use cannon fodder tactics in naval battles, but the premise is that the cannon fodder's weapons can kill ironclads, otherwise no matter how many cannon fodders come over, they will only be killed.
If the opponent cannot build torpedoes, a certain new emperor's armored fleet will be invincible.
France, the Netherlands, the Ottomans, and Venice, which ranked second, third, fourth, and fifth in terms of the number of ironclads, were all allies of the Ming Dynasty.
A certain new emperor estimates that if nothing unexpected happens, in the next thirty years, that is, before entering the 18th century, there should be no unscrupulous thing that dares to challenge the Ming Dynasty's maritime hegemony!
The eighth batch of shipbuilding plans (1676-1682) has also been drawn up. Unlike before, this plan will no longer build the next generation of test ships.
Since a certain new emperor has refreshed his brain, for the time being, he still has to carefully formulate a new development route for ironclad ships.
Originally I wanted to see the PLUS version of Bismarck, but now I have to re-plan.
Starting from Dingyuan, it has deviated from the original version. Daming's Dingyuan is Yoshino's PLUS version.
Bismarck is Yoshino's PlusMax, and it's the same thing if you go further.
In general, Dingyuan and Bismarck are both smaller Ruriks (the original displacement is 11,960 tons)!
Rurik is a cruiser. It can only be used to break up friendships or bully things smaller than it. It cannot fight a decisive battle at all.
It is impossible for a certain new emperor to spend ten million taels of silver to build a thing with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons, but it is a useless thing.
Bismarck's next generation must have the final say in strength. As long as they are dispatched, they can kill the opponent's battleships alive!
This involves another problem. The tonnage of the Ming Navy's ironclad ships ranks first in the world. If the opponent sees it, they will definitely not be stupid enough to stand still and let you fight.
If the prey escapes, one's side must have a certain speed, at least not to widen the distance between them.
We are running out of energy to build battleships with low speeds, so we can only go the route of battle cruisers.
A certain new emperor's ideal battle patrol is a "King Kong" class that can both fight and run.
But at this stage, building an ironclad ship with a displacement of 30,000 tons and four twin 14-inch main guns is just a dream.
It is still possible to build a "Fuji" with great efforts, but a certain new emperor has no interest in something with only four main guns.
This involves a problem. The former dreadnoughts are basically this kind of thing.
A dreadnought with four twin main guns would have to install two turrets on the sides, so that the firepower of one turret would not be wasted when firing in one direction.
Or we can only build a super-dreadnought ship with all the main guns arranged on the central axis of the hull, but at present, a large number of technical levels are far from the point of building piggy-back turrets.
A certain new emperor found it difficult to see pre-dreadnoughts with primary and secondary main guns and dreadnoughts with main guns on both sides. He wanted to build a super-dreadnought, but the technical threshold was too high.
If two twin turrets are installed at the bow and stern of the ship, and it is not a backpack type, then there is only one way to go.
For example, the three-turret mode on the bow of a heavy cruiser in a certain period was not a piggy-back type, but it could still fire.
The condition is to shoot sideways. As long as the bow of the ship is at a certain angle with the target, the turret located at the rear can fire.
The hull is made of the armored cruiser "Blücher". The original version has a standard displacement of 15,000 tons.
The reason why the British series battleship or battlecruiser hulls were not used was that the former hull was too fat and the latter was too large in tonnage.
The "Blücher" is one hundred and sixty-one meters long and twenty-four and a half meters wide. The length-to-width ratio of the ship is in line with the aesthetic standards of a certain new emperor.
The fundamental reason is that the steam engine lags behind the original version. If the hull is fatter, the speed will be very impressive...
With the advent of anti-ship missiles, the development path of the Ming Dynasty's armored ships has been to use big ships to carry small guns, and this time is no exception.
There are definitely no twelve 210mm heavy guns in the original version. The tonnage saved on the turret and shells can be used to load coal!
When the speed is very low, only by increasing the range can we make up for it.
If superior thermal coal is used, it is conservatively estimated that at a speed of ten knots, the ship's range is expected to be more than 10,000 nautical miles.
That's enough to get to any coast in the world, and just about enough to run back there without refueling.
The main gun is a 12-inch PlusMax version of the Royal Cannon, with a caliber of 171 mm.
Although it is a breech-loading gun, it also adopts the ammunition distribution mode.
The shell weighs about twenty-six kilograms, and the ammunition bag weighs about twenty-four kilograms.
The total weight is exactly one hundred kilograms, the effective range is more than seven kilometers, and the maximum range can reach ten kilometers.
Of course, this is also a coincidence. The development of naval guns mainly depends on the luck of the engineers...
The reason why the caliber is 171 mm is because the main guns of other calibers that were originally developed together failed!
Only the new cannon of this caliber is considered successful and has achieved stable mass production, so this is the only one that can be used!
In the case where the accuracy cannot be greatly improved, a certain new emperor does not require the main gun to fire too far.
If you can't hit a target even if you fire from a long distance, that's verbal intimidation, that is, harsh words...
It seems a bit strange that a 15,000-ton warship is equipped with a main gun of less than 200 mm.
But this is only a stopgap measure. The naval guns are readily available and the test ship will have to be launched in ten years at the earliest.
By then, the Academy of Sciences should be able to produce a main gun with a caliber of more than 200 millimeters, and then it will be enough to install it upwards.
The newly launched fourth-class ironclad ships are equipped with this new large-caliber breech gun, which exceeds the original design in terms of rate of fire and power.
According to discussions with Bo Jue and Sun Yunqiu, the eighth batch of shipbuilding plans will build all large warships in Tianjin.
Tianjin Shipyard is responsible for the construction of eight Bismarcks, eight Dingyuans, two Dingyuan supply ships, and two Dingyuan medical ships.
The Toshu Shipyard is only responsible for building two types of ironclads, namely the ten Yoshinos and the ten Laiyuan.
Nandu Shipyard is the weakest and is responsible for the construction of eight Zhiyuan ships.
If someone buys it, export it; if no one buys it, use it yourself.
The Fujian Shipbuilding Shipyard is owned by Zheng Zhilong. This time, all Yoshino construction has started, preparing to build eight ships for ocean-going operations.
According to the old rules, Zheng Zhilong still purchased four Bismarck and Dingyuan ships.
Now that he will move to South Africa in the future and he can live for ten or twenty more years, Zheng Zhilong has to think about the future.
Even if there might be a naval battle with France and the Netherlands in the future, their own fleet would have to support it until the emperor's support fleet arrived in South African waters.
After France and the Netherlands equipped a large number of first-class ironclads and learned to build this class of ironclads, Zheng Zhilong no longer looked down on this class of ships.
Relying on the upcoming gold mines in South Africa, in the future, we will mainly purchase level 5 and level 4 ironclads, supplemented by level 3 ironclads. There is no need to waste money on level 2 and level 1 ironclads.
Zheng Zhilong already has as many as fifty first-class ironclad ships under his command, which is basically enough.
Concentrating military expenditures to purchase giant ships is naturally a wise move, and it can also deter those who are thinking about South Africa.
In terms of land warfare, Zheng Zhilong has nothing to worry about.
The eldest son Zheng Chenggong has won many battles on the European battlefield and has built an elite army of fifty thousand.
Based on this, we can expand it by two times, and the total strength will reach 150,000, which will basically be able to defend South Africa's territory.
In view of the fact that the warships purchased by Zheng Zhilong this time were very expensive, the unit price of Dingyuan reached 6 million taels, and the unit price of Bismarck was as high as 9 million taels.
Buying four ships each brought the total to sixty million taels, and a certain new emperor allowed him to pay in installments.
As long as you pay 10 million taels per year, you can get the cash in six years.
As a result, the financial pressure on Zheng Zhilong will not be great, and Tianjin Shipyard will not need to advance costs.
However, in order to please the emperor, Zheng Zhilong paid 30 million taels of silver in advance.
Another point is that Zheng Zhilong is also afraid that prices will rise in the future.
Now a level five ironclad ship costs nine million taels of silver. Six years later, it will still cost over ten million taels?
After careful calculation, I got a big advantage.
It should be noted that in the market, Xiyi can only buy two or three level three iron-clad ships with 60 million taels of silver!
A certain new emperor has always treated Zheng Zhilong differently from other overseas customers, because if the former is used properly, it can indeed achieve miraculous results.
Using South Africa's mineral deposits to stick the Zheng Group to the local area and help its fleet continuously improve its combat effectiveness is equivalent to turning South Africa into a giant aircraft carrier under its own command.
"Their fleet looks much more powerful than I imagined!"
This was the first time for Tromp to come to the Ming Empire and witness the entire process of the ship review.
With the end of the European War, Tromp finally started his journey to the East, unable to withstand the repeated persuasion of his subordinates and friends.
But after visiting the Ming Empire, Tromp finally understood what Putmans and Ruyter meant.
This is not the Ming Empire from 30 years ago that was not good at naval warfare. It will definitely not end well if it goes against it.
Fortunately, the Netherlands gave up holding on to the East Indies and sold this place and South Africa at a good price.
"But what we have seen is only part of it, and it will be even stronger in the future!"
There was envy and jealousy in Ruit's words, as well as a hint of helplessness.
"What do you want to say?"
"Their military industrial level is much higher than that of us and France combined, and they also have multiple giant gold mines to support their military expenditures. According to past practice, if nothing unexpected happens, in five or six years, there will be eight more , or even sixteen such giant battleships have been launched. I believe they are secretly building ironclad ships with larger displacements. If we come to the Ming Empire again in five or six years, we should be able to see the grand launch of those giant ships!"
Ruyter has basically figured out the shipbuilding context of the Ming Empire, but can't think of any way to curb it.
"...In five or six years, if our shipyard can build a third-class ironclad ship, we will be lucky!"
Tromp felt a little depressed when he thought about the strength of his country's shipyards.
Building a wooden warship is easy, but building an ironclad is like starting from scratch.
"Optimistically speaking, as long as we don't go to war with our allies, the three-level ironclads are enough, and they don't need to consume too much military spending. Even if the emperor of the Ming Empire agrees to sell us a fourth-level ironclad, the parliament can get it all at once Will you pay 50 to 60 million, or even more silver coins?"
Because the Netherlands had such a small population, it could only make money through import and export trade, which was completely incomparable with the trade plus production model adopted by the Ming Empire.
If mining is included, the Ming Empire's tax revenue had three channels. Even if it was counted as two channels, it was unmatched by the Netherlands.
Ruyter has understood that having no money is the original sin, having few people is also the original sin, and not having a deep country is the original sin.
Calculating this, if it were not for a piece of land in North America, the Netherlands would really be wiped out by France.
