At 9:30 a.m. on the fourth day of the first lunar month of AD, Zhu Jingyuan's ship arrived at the sea area where the ship review was held.
Zhu Jingyuan directly ordered the relevant personnel to start final preparations for action.
The fleet under review formally adjusted its course and team.
The camera teams distributed on Zhu Jingyuan's ship, the review flagship, and several major ships also began final preparations and corrections.
This is the largest ship review in the history of Ming Dynasty.
It is also likely to be the last traditional fleet review with traditional artillery warships as the mainstay.
Zhu Jingyuan knew that the images of these warships and the fleet sailing in formation would become very good film and television materials in the future.
Ordinary people in this era may not realize it.
But Zhu Jingyuan and his grandfather Zhu Zhongliang have already realized the role of this kind of video.
The Supreme Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, also known as the Supreme Emperor, Zhu Jingyuan’s grandfather, Zhu Zhongliang, can be regarded as the pioneer and leader of practical films in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Jingyuan himself is not very interested in the corresponding things, and it is also because he has other more important things to be busy with.
Therefore, Zhu Jingyuan did not pay special attention to the development and changes of film, video, camera and other technologies.
But Zhu Zhongliang happened to like playing with these things very much.
Ever since he went to the theater with Zhu Jingyuan and was reminded by Zhu Jingyuan of the direction of modern film shooting, Zhu Zhongliang has been completely immersed in this art.
Whenever there is an opportunity, Zhu Zhongliang will ask Zhu Jingyuan for ideas, technical plans, and shooting techniques.
After more than ten years of hard work, Ming Dynasty now not only has very mature conventional film, but also has color video film with practical value.
All official videos of this naval review were made on color film.
Due to the very rapid development of video technology, coupled with Zhu Jingyuan's suggestions and guidance, as well as relatively official research.
People involved in photography in Ming Dynasty did not form the strange concept that "black and white is art".
Being able to achieve color photography and video recording is a very direct and attractive advancement for most people involved.
It is conceivable that the photography industry in this world should quickly move beyond the black and white era.
Quickly enter and remain directly in the color era.
The personnel involved in taking photos and videos not only set up cameras at various locations on the battleship, but also arranged a large number of aircraft to take the photos.
In order to obtain different pictures from various more free perspectives.
At 9:50 in the morning, Zhu Jingyuan and all the reference personnel came to the deck of the simple ship again.
At 9:55 a.m., the actual commander of the ship review, Navy Commander Chen Huacheng of the Chinese Army Dudu Mansion, communicated with Zhu Jingyuan via telegram on board the ship.
Seek instructions from Zhu Jingyuan through Guan Tianpei, Deputy Commander of the Navy of the Chinese Military Governor's Office.
After Guan Tianpei informed Zhu Jingyuan, Zhu Jingyuan waved directly:
"let's start."
Guan Tianpei conveyed the order to Chen Huacheng, and the fleet public address rang soon.
Chen Huacheng asked about the situation of each ship.
While each ship responded to the call, all warships also sounded their horns in turn to signal that they were ready.
At ten o'clock in the morning, the ship review officially began.
The organization method of the Ming Dynasty's ship review is completely different from that of the British.
The British fleet's ship review is to arrange all the warships to form a large battleship array.
The review ship carries the reviewers through the phalanx, as if a person is moving by himself to appreciate the artwork placed on the sea.
The Ming Dynasty's fleet review was a fleet review led by the emperor on a ship, heading towards the fleet under review.
Both sides kept sailing at a speed of twenty knots, just like two fleets meeting on the sea.
Zhu Jingyuan's emperor sailed from south to north in a ship, which means going north and returning.
The fleet being reviewed goes from north to south, which means heading south and going out on an expedition.
The maritime frontier of the Ming Dynasty was in the south.
Generally speaking, it forms a symbolic meaning of the emperor watching the naval fleet go to sea to fight.
During the Taiping period, Zhu Zhongliang actually did this kind of thing.
Off the coast of Zhoushan Military Port, I took a large passenger ship from the imperial family and parked in the sea, watching the main fleet heading to the South Atlantic to fight.
After the ship review began, the first thing to appear was the aircraft.
It's not like the Air Force ship review, where thousands of planes come out in a wave.
Rather, from the very beginning, all aircraft carriers were divided into several groups, taking turns to release and recover aircraft continuously.
Air Force parades do not cycle aircraft because that does not demonstrate capability.
But naval carrier-based aircraft need to do this.
For aircraft carriers, the continuous recovery and release of aircraft is their most important capability.
A total of twenty aircraft carriers participated in the parade.
The total number of aircraft they carry has exceeded 2,000.
As long as all planes take off and land twice, the number of flights can reach 4,000.
Enough to keep planes flying over the entire fleet.
The first wave of aircraft are single-engine light fighters released from the 40,000-ton aircraft carrier. The theoretical task they should perform is the air vigilance of the fleet itself.
But now, as the aircraft with the lightest and most flexible body and the fastest takeoff, it is the first to fly out.
Followed closely by larger twin-engine fighters.
Then there is the twin-engine medium bomber with a full load weight of sixteen tons.
This bomber has reached the size of a traditional land-based bomber, which is basically the same as Zhu Jingyuan's B25 in his previous life.
In Zhu Jingyuan's previous life, the USS Hornet aircraft carrier in World War II used to carry specially modified B25 bombers to carry out the mission of bombing Tokyo.
The Hornet itself has a displacement of only 26,000 tons. It is very difficult to operate the 16-ton B25.
At that time, those B25s had undergone special modifications, discarding almost all self-defense weapons, and did not even consider the issue of landing.
So it's a one-time special operations mission.
But now the Ming Dynasty's aircraft carriers are at least 40,000-ton armored aircraft carriers, and there are also a number of 60,000-ton modern aircraft carriers.
These combat aircraft carriers are also equipped with sixteen-ton steam catapults.
The engines of these Ming bombers have also reached the limits of traditional propeller aircraft, and their working efficiency has exceeded the level of World War II.
Operating a sixteen-ton bomber is a normal job for these aircraft carriers.
The appearance of these huge naval aircraft shocked officials and generals from various countries in Europe and America who were concerned about aircraft carriers.
Due to naval treaty restrictions, the full load displacement of aircraft carriers of the Thai and Spanish countries is limited to 28,000 tons.
That is, Zhu Jingyuan's level at York City level in his previous life.
At the same time, the Thai and Western countries have not specialized in high-power catapults. Current carrier-based aircraft basically take off by taxiing.
Small-scale hydraulic and gunpowder catapults are used only to launch reconnaissance aircraft from other types of battleships.
Or after the aircraft carrier deck is filled with aircraft, the aircraft in the front row can use the catapult to assist in taking off as quickly as possible.
Coupled with the engine gap, it is impossible for the aircraft carriers of the Thai and Western countries to operate such a large aircraft.
Even if it is used reluctantly, it can only be used as a disposable carrier-based aircraft like the Hornet.
The naval admirals headed by Nelson were full of envy as they watched this large aircraft passing through the sky and at the same time looking at the fleet that was coming into view.
In fact, what they didn't know was that most of the aircraft they saw were already facing obsolescence.
Bombers with sufficient mounting capacity will gradually be replaced by turboprop aircraft.
Other fighter jets will be gradually replaced by jets.
At the same time, the Ming Forbidden Army was already stationed on the 60,000-ton aircraft carrier of the Ming Navy.
In other words, they can already drop atomic bombs.
This is what really changes the landscape.
But this kind of weapon is currently an absolute secret in Ming Dynasty. Except for those who need to come into contact with it in actual combat, no one knows that such a thing exists.
Even the aircraft carrier carrying these weapons only knows that among the aviation troops on board, there is a group of people from the newly established Forbidden Army.
Special weapon warehouses must be prepared for them as required, and special training and combat methods must be used.
People on the ship who had indirect contact with these weapons could guess that the people from the Imperial Army had brought a new weapon, but they did not know what this new weapon was.
For most ordinary people, it is impossible to imagine the true power of atomic weapons.
At most, I would think of something that could increase its power several times or even ten times, but I would not dare to think that there would be anything that could increase its power by tens of thousands of times per unit weight.
Therefore, even if there is indirect leakage, it will not affect the actual confidentiality effect.
After six groups of carrier-based aircraft passed over the side of the review ship, the first batch of review ships finally entered the review ship's sight.
They were two cruisers sailing in staggered double columns.
There are too many fleet warships to be reviewed. If they sail in a single column, the time required for the entire ship review will be uncontrollable.
So double columns are used.
It is impossible for the ships in the fleet to be connected one after another, and it is impossible for one ship to sail next to another, otherwise there will be frequent collisions.
The distance between the two ships is actually very large, enough to spread the two ships apart and still be very loose.
Under such a premise, let the two columns sail in staggered ways, and the two ships in the same position in the two columns are deliberately staggered by one ship.
Each battleship in one column faces the gap between two battleships in another column.
In this way, all the warships of the two fleets sailing side by side will have the opportunity to directly confront the review ship.
Let all ships be directly seen by Ming Emperor Zhu Jingyuan who was reviewing the ship.
The main officers and some soldiers of the cruiser stood on several decks and various weapon platforms, and saluted in the direction of Zhu Jingyuan's seat.
Zhu Jingyuan stood on the side of the front deck of the reviewing ship, waving to the officers and soldiers on the ship passing opposite him.
Zhu Jingyuan actually wanted all the main guns to fire a salvo toward the outside of the fleet when it passed the review ship.
But the cruiser did this reluctantly. When the battleship's main gun salvo fired, the deck had to be cleared.
Otherwise, everyone on the deck may be blown away by the shock wave.
Giving as many middle- and low-level officers and soldiers as possible a chance to meet the emperor face to face is a more important thing than firing cannons into the air.
What's more, for the sake of safety, it is better not to fire the cannon during the review.
Therefore, Zhu Jingyuan only brewed this idea in his mind and did not say it out at all when organizing the ship review.
The fleet being reviewed now maintains this state and continues to sail forward.
After the sixteen cruisers, there are two 40,000-ton battleships and two 40,000-ton aircraft carriers.
After such a group of battleships and aircraft carriers, there is a group of sixteen cruisers.
Subsequent combinations of cruisers and battleships continued to cycle.
By the time the entire fleet had passed a quarter, this time the combination of battleships and aircraft carriers had become a 60,000-ton class.
When the entire fleet under review reached more than half, the flagship fleet of the fleet under review appeared.
During the review fleet that Yang Yuchun and Chen Huacheng were on, they were the 84,000-ton battleship Hunan of the same model as Zhu Jingyuan.
There were two 60,000-ton battleships in front and behind the flagship.
Put together, these five battleships form the most powerful main fleet in the world.
The core generals of the Ming Navy were standing on the decks of five battleships at the moment, saluting the distant review ships with extremely serious expressions.
Zhu Jingyuan also waved to the passing main fleet again.
The entire ship review lasted for more than two hours, and it was not until one o'clock in the afternoon that it finally ended.
All reviewers headed by Zhu Jingyuan ate in the dining room of the battleship where they were located.
Both the reviewing fleet and the reviewing fleet itself continued sailing, drawing two huge semicircles on the sea and reuniting.
The flagship fleet of the fleet under review merged with Zhu Jingyuan's ship.
The entire fleet maintained normal sailing posture and returned to Zhoushan Military Port, the home port of the Ming Dynasty Navy.
When Zhu Jingyuan set foot on the ground again, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.
So far, Zhu Jingyuan, as the trusted emperor of the Ming Dynasty, has finally completed all the ceremonies related to his enthronement.
A new era in the name of the Grand Duke had officially begun.
Compared with the end of the war, the world has gradually become more peaceful, and all countries in the world are making every effort to recover and develop in a healthy era.
The future of the Ecumenical Era makes everyone look forward to and anxious at the same time.
The people of Ming Dynasty were more looking forward to it. Ming Dynasty was already improving, and all of this was affected by the contribution of the emperor before he became emperor.
So after he becomes emperor, will the future of Ming Dynasty be better?
Those who are worried are mainly people from the countries in Europe and the West.
As for the situation in the West, they are their own people who know their own affairs.
The Ming Emperor's enthronement hall, the most solemn event in the world, was also the most harmonious event.
All kinds of conflicts and problems have come to be resolved.
In fact, before Zhu Jingyuan ascended the throne, many people were almost unable to bear it and could no longer hold back.
But they did not dare to take any action before Zhu Jingyuan ascended the throne.
In case their actions led the Ming Dynasty into war, the Ankang Emperor Zhu Jianyan of the Ming Dynasty had to follow the practice of his predecessor Taiping Emperor and had to continue to be emperor due to war reasons, delaying the time of passing the throne to the intended heir.
Then when Zhu Jingyuan really ascends the throne, will he hold a grudge against the country and people who caused this incident?
Will they deliberately retaliate against these countries and people to vent their emotions?
Then no one can predict it.
In fact, even if it only delays and affects Zhu Jingyuan's enthronement ceremony, people will have the same worries.
Therefore, many people were patient until Zhu Jingyuan completed all the rituals.
Now all the rituals are finally over.
How long can those people and countries with ideas and plans continue to be patient or prepared?
No one can get accurate data.
We can only prepare according to the fact that war is coming soon.
