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From November of the seventy-ninth year of Haojing (1721), the Ming Dynasty King's Division began to recover the northern area of Annan. By May of the eighty-fourth year of Haojing (1727), the remnant enemies in the southern Annan area were basically wiped out by the King's Division.
The Annan War, which lasted for five and a half years, finally came to an end. The Ming Dynasty spent a total of about 1.3 billion silver coins, and this was considered a success.
During this period, thousands of speedboats, more than 8,000 tanks, more than 5,000 fighter planes, tens of thousands of artillery and mortars were deployed to the Annan battlefield, and most of the local fleet was dispatched to blockade the coastal areas of Annan.
Including the Ming army, the Ming vassal army, and the Japanese army, the total strength of the coalition forces participating in the war reached more than 300,000 at its peak, which shows how much Zhu Cixiang attached great importance to the Annan battlefield.
Through this war, observers from various countries also opened their eyes and fully understood the strategies and tactics of the Ming army, as well as the specific applications of various services and arms.
Some of the new knowledge learned is more useful, and some of it is learned in vain because one's own strength is not up to the level of applying what has been learned.
For example, Operation Rolling Thunder was a carpet bombing of enemy-occupied areas.
During the entire Annan War, the bomber force of the Ming Empire Air Force dropped a total of more than 20 million bombs on both the North and the South.
This does not include the amount of bombs dropped by various fighter jets and helicopters, otherwise the total would be even more shocking.
The war entered a fierce stage as soon as it started. In addition to extremely bad weather, the coalition forces have been carrying out high-intensity attacks on Annan's army and maintaining strong suppression.
Almost from the beginning to the end, Annan's army was crushed. After the opponent lost its main force, it could only use guerrilla warfare to deal with it.
But in the end, they could not escape the fate of being annihilated. Facing the well-trained and well-armed Ming army, as well as the large number of Japanese troops, this was its destined end.
Some people with ulterior motives also hoped that Annan would use guerrilla warfare to drag the Ming Empire into the quagmire of war and be unable to extricate itself.
Emperor Haojing had been on guard against this move for a long time, and had invested a sufficient number of troops and heavy equipment at the beginning of the war to deal a devastating blow to the enemy.
All in all, as long as there are enough money, enough people, and enough advanced weapons, the monkey will not be able to turn defeat into victory, and will not even get a chance to kneel down and sue for peace!
In particular, Zheng Fan and Ruan Fuwei were very tough. They knelt down without losing their knees, which was very suitable for the performance of the Ming Dynasty master.
Zhu Cixiang naturally trained these two distinguished guests into film actors so that they could continue to shine...
By the time the Annan War is over, I won’t be able to watch the fun anymore.
Everyone has turned their attention to the new round of naval competition, because this time it is a high-end game for high-end players!
After the fourteenth batch (1717-1724) of the shipbuilding plan ended, Zhu Cixiang had to successively deliver the previously promised capital ships to his allies.
Including the delivery of one eighth-level battleship (Scharnhorst) and two seventh-level battleships (King) to France, and the delivery of two seventh-level battleships to the Netherlands, Sweden, and the Ottomans each.
This also means that all eight seventh-level battleships built in this batch were exported to offset the value of many islands, so that Poirot, who placed the order later, failed to get the goods.
This made Poirot very dissatisfied, thinking that an old friend had neglected him and ignored his own feelings and the feelings of the navy officers of the entire Inca Empire...
Zhu Cixiang was already prepared for this and gave his old friend two solutions.
One, buy an eighth-level battleship and go back to calm the situation.
Second, save money for a few years first, and then spend it to buy a level nine battleship!
The eighth-level battleship is Scharnhorst, and the ninth-level battleship is naturally the famous Bismarck.
A 50,000-ton super battleship, a true big ship with huge guns!
This is the killer weapon that every rich man dreams of!
Of course, it is an unprecedented gold-swallowing behemoth!
Due to the increase in the cost of building warships, from per ton
From a dozen silver coins to more than thirty silver coins today, the cost of building giant ships will become higher and higher in the future.
In addition, the naval aviation with the help of aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships showed its prowess in the Annan battlefield, making all countries pay attention to the powerful power of flat-panel battleships.
The era of battleship shooting may end in the next thirty or forty years, and it will be difficult for me to make money using battleships in the future.
Zhu Cixiang decided to build the Bismarck type battleship ahead of schedule. This is the penultimate level of battleship. The top level is the H39 "Hindenburg" type battleship with a full load displacement of more than 60,000 tons.
It was planned to build ten Bismarcks at a time in the sixteenth batch (1731-1739), one for the Academy of Sciences, five for the Navy, two for the Zheng Zhilong, and Poirot could also get his share of two.
It is estimated that the construction cost of a single ship will be around 150 million to 180 million silver coins, and may reach 200 million silver coins.
The top brass of the Ming Navy still have concerns about building so many super battleships in the next batch.
It's not that super battleships are bad, but they are obviously not as large as the combat radius of aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships.
The former can also deal with targets within tens of miles from the shore to the interior, while the latter can use carrier-based aircraft to attack the enemy's hinterland thousands of miles away.
Instead of spending 1.2 billion silver coins to build super battleships, it would be better to spend this money on purchasing large aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships.
At that time, the rocket torpedo was only used by the navy for a period of time, and then was sealed for a long time by Zhu Cixiang's order. It has not been put on the road again until now.
The reason is very simple. Zhu Cixiang just doesn't want other countries to realize that with the same equivalent warhead, the destructive power of torpedoes on warships is far greater than that of surface weapons.
Even if a warship is equipped with this thing, without a guidance system, its combat distance will not exceed ten nautical miles.
However, torpedoes mounted on carrier-based aircraft are completely different and will definitely cause a devastating blow to the capital ship.
After everyone has mastered the technology of making torpedoes, wouldn't it be a pleasure to use a bunch of torpedo boats to sink the opponent's battleships?
By then, won’t the newly launched battleships from a certain emperor’s side be unsalable?
One link after another!
Torpedoes cannot be exported for the time being, not even domestic naval equipment, otherwise they will have to learn from others.
Even if the carrier-based aircraft is equipped with anti-ship missiles, Zhu Cixiang will not let his old friends easily obtain torpedoes.
You don't know the manufacturing technology of torpedoes, and you don't understand the tactics of aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft.
Then let's use naval guns to bombard them. This is a fair and reasonable move!
Zhu Cixiang also planned to launch the "Hindenburg" type battleship within thirty years so that he could earn money for the last battleship.
A ninth-level "Bismarck" battleship costs 200 million silver coins to build and sells more than 500 million silver coins to exports. Small countries with no money and no resources should not worry about it.
The purpose of telling Poirot in advance is to let him save money in advance, otherwise you will not be able to afford this unparalleled super battleship!
Even if a 50,000-ton battleship is not engaged in combat and is only docked at the port of Lima, it is still a very honorable thing!
After seeing a 1:100 large model of this type of battleship, Zhu Cixiang believed that all viewers would have this idea.
Zhu Cixiang originally planned to use "Scharnhorst" for another batch, that is, in seven or eight years, and then launch a Bismarck with stronger combat effectiveness.
However, the changes in the situation no longer allowed me to continue to make money. I had to take advantage of the period when the battleships were not cool to finally make a profit to avoid losing money.
"Scharnhorst" has naturally become an over-the-top battleship. After the navy's top brass has no objections, if they can only spend money to purchase giant ships, then naturally the bigger the tonnage, the better!
Of the eight "Scharnhorsts" built in the fifteenth batch (1724-1731), the Navy only plans to keep four, and the remaining four can be exported.
Because of the six battleships of the same type launched in the fourteenth batch, only one was exported to the French Navy.
Even if you are not in the batch
After the first completion, seventh-level battleships were obtained. The Ming Navy already has nineteen battleships (seven Scharnhorst and twelve kings).
The number of battleships equipped was one more than that of the French (seven), Dutch (three), Ottoman (two), Inca (four), and Swedish (two) navies combined.
This does not include ten aircraft carriers and sixteen amphibious assault ships, otherwise the strength gap will further widen.
Eight aircraft carriers and eight amphibious assault ships can be obtained in the next batch. Navy Commander-in-Chief Jiexuan is basically satisfied with the current number of deck warships.
Therefore, it doesn't matter whether to purchase additional battleships or not. Anyway, even with a few fewer ships, the Ming Navy has still been unshakably number one in the world in terms of strength in the past ten years.
Even if all eight eighth-level battleships and eight seventh-level battleships built in the fifteenth batch are exported, the Ming Navy can still take the lead with its carrier-based aircraft force that has passed actual combat testing.
Jiexuan knew the emperor's intention, which was to use battleships to make money and secretly develop carrier-based aircraft.
Once the carrier-based aircraft force forms a combat effectiveness, I am afraid it will throw away the allies' navies for decades...
This is not alarmist. The emergence of aircraft carriers means that battleships will be gradually eliminated.
Of those countries that spent a lot of money to buy battleships, how many countries can still afford to buy or build a large number of aircraft carriers?
If the tonnage of an aircraft carrier is reduced, the deck length will inevitably shrink, which will make it impossible to take off carrier-based aircraft.
On the contrary, the cost of building large aircraft carriers is bound to be high, and even countries with money in their pockets must do what they can.
For a wealthy country like the Ottomans, it is already quite good for the navy to purchase four to six Type II aircraft carriers (King).
France or the Netherlands can build it themselves, but the construction costs are also extremely staggering.
It would be interesting to eliminate battleships and replace them with a batch of aircraft carriers as capital ships, and still want to keep the second or third place in the world's navy...
If Ming Dynasty does not export aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, no one will give you a free teacher if you take this path.
Whether you are groping for yourself or just being confused, don't expect the Ming Navy to help you solve practical problems!
I have a catapult, an arresting cable, and a take-off and landing indicator light here, but I won’t tell you!
Jiexuan can obtain a complete set of bound volumes on aircraft carrier equipment and tactics directly from a certain emperor.
If the navies of other countries want to achieve the combat capabilities of the current Ming Navy aircraft carrier formation, let's wait until 1800!
Because first there was the indiscriminate torment of the domestic rebels, and then there was the wonderful performance of the Ming Empire's navy's carrier-based aircraft unit.
This directly diluted Louis XIV's joy of obtaining a brand new eighth-level battleship.
Although he is not from the navy, he still knows a thing or two about the navy after being exposed to it for so many years.
After Tourville learned about this, he watched the relevant videos and expressed his hope to vigorously develop this brand-new warship.
If battleships are the present, then aircraft carriers are the future of the French Navy.
Even if you have the present, you must also focus on the future.
Fortunately, France already has the construction technology for seventh-level battleships.
In Tourville's view, there is no problem at all in using it as the hull of an aircraft carrier.
Louis XIV supported Tourville, but France had just experienced a catastrophe. According to Colbert, it needed to rest for a few years.
However, as the European emperor, he must always be far-sighted, especially in terms of high-tech weapons, to keep France ahead of other European countries.
Then the Navy was allowed to build an aircraft carrier with a seventh-level battleship as the hull for seven years. If the cost of shipbuilding was spread equally every year, it would be affordable.
Since the national navy will also receive a brand new eighth-level battleship from the Ming Empire, within these seven years, Louis XIV hopes that the navy will not expect to continue to obtain other battleships.
Even now, the French navy with seven battleships has deservedly become
The world's second-largest navy has also reached an unsustainable financial level.
If we don't stop at the right time, we may actually collapse.
Kolbe's advice was simple: take a ten-year break.
We can use this period of time to accumulate funds for the national treasury, and also to observe the development trends of weapons and equipment in the world.
After figuring out the general context, spending money will not be a waste.
Louis XIV originally knew that the Ming Empire's navy had such a thing as an aircraft carrier, but he did not take it seriously.
It was only after Tourville explained the role of the aircraft carrier that the opponent launched an air attack on the coastal areas of Annan.
If we had known that aircraft carriers were so powerful, we should have given up on level eight battleships in exchange for large aircraft carriers from the Ming Empire.
It's too late to regret now. Whether it's India or West Africa, the Ming Empire looks down on it, and it can't even use land in exchange for aircraft carriers.
In particular, the Ming Empire has announced that it will not export finished products and related construction technologies for aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships in the next twenty years.
Even the content of joint naval exercises does not involve tactics in this area, which means that France and many allies have been technologically blocked by the Ming Empire.
This made Louis XIV very dissatisfied, believing that a certain emperor still held inherent arrogance and prejudice against France and its allies in the treaty.
Since we are in an alliance and have new weapons and new technologies, we should share them. This is the right thing to do!
share?
Share a sesame!
I want to share the weapons I developed at high cost with you?
Will I even have to share ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons with you in the future?
Drop a nuclear bomb on Paris, I will share it with you!
Zhu Cihong roughly knew Louis XIV's intentions when he came to Ming Dynasty to receive the eighth-level battleship.
But he would not relent because of this, but he still found a reason, that is, the development cost of the weapon was too high.
If shared, it will cause great economic losses to the Ming Dynasty, unless the allies can pool together 1.5 billion silver coins.
In other words, it is not impossible to provide you with aircraft carrier technology, as long as you reimburse me for my Annan bill! Pop-ups are so powerful recently, you can click to download to avoid pop-ups
