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- Chapter 817 The White Army Navy is established!
(0817)
September of the second year of Taichang was also a day destined to go down in history for the White Army Navy. On September 8, the White Army Navy was officially announced. In order to show the importance he attached to the navy, Xu Xingxia left Xi'an in advance and rushed to Weihaiwei to preside over the inauguration ceremony of the White Army Navy.
¡°Dong dong dong!¡±
¡°Dong dong dong!¡±
On the sea, more than a dozen warships with golden dragon and sword flags lined up in a row, firing continuously. The rumbling sound of cannons shook the entire sea near Weihaiwei. The smoke from artillery fire was so strong that you could smell it standing on the shore when the sea breeze blew.
Facing such a powerful navy lineup, the people in the White Army were naturally very excited. They felt that the White Army was really getting stronger and stronger. Originally, the White Army had no opponents on land. Now that the navy has appeared, it is estimated that there will be few opponents on the sea. The vast sea will belong to the white army and navy.
However, other people attending the ceremony with Xu Xingxia, such as those from North Korea, the Western Regions, Nanjing, and the Mongolian grasslands, may not have such a mood. The stronger the White Army is, the more they support the rule of the White Army. Otherwise, what awaits them will definitely be disaster.
"You did a great job! It deserves praise!"
After the inauguration ceremony, Xu Xingxia shook hands with the designers of the warships, the heads of various technical jobs, and the heads of the shipyard one by one to express his gratitude. It is precisely because of the unremitting efforts of these people that the White Army Navy can rise and grow rapidly.
After more than a year of vigorous shipbuilding, the White Army now has a total of thirty-six "Taishan" class battleships and twelve "Wutaishan" class battleships. In addition, the larger "Tianshan" class battleship is also being designed and construction will begin next year.
Among them, the displacement of Taishan-class battleships is about 600 tons. This is the largest warship in the White Army Navy and was originally designed and built as an experimental product. Its main task is to provide sufficient test data for other warship designs. Many data on battleship design require actual testing before they can be obtained.
What is gratifying is that designers later discovered that the overall performance of the Taishan-class battleship is not bad and can basically meet the needs of actual combat. Especially in offshore combat, there are basically no obvious flaws. Therefore, Xu Xingxia ordered batch construction and batch equipment. As a result, it temporarily became the most numerous warship in the White Navy.
The Taishan-class battleships are equipped with eight 75mm howitzers, four on each side. This number of cannons, compared to the dozens or even hundreds of cannons in the Western fleet, is indeed too shabby and cannot be put on the table at all. The smallest warships of the Western powers, even ordinary armed merchant ships, have more than eight guns!
However, in terms of the quality of artillery, the Taishan-class battleships are several miles ahead of the Western powers. The Taishan-class battleships are all equipped with modern artillery, with long range, fast firing rate and high power. The explosive power of the 75mm caliber artillery shell is very powerful. For wooden battleships, it is deadly. No matter how huge a battleship is, as long as it is hit by one, it will lose its skin even if it is not dead.
Originally, ambitious designers were planning to install larger caliber or larger numbers of howitzers on battleships. Even if a hundred doors were not installed in the end, at least thirty doors would be installed. As a result, they regretfully discovered that wooden warships could not withstand the recoil of large-caliber artillery. The 75mm caliber was already the limit.
Similarly, wooden battleships cannot withstand too many modern artillery. Eight doors is already the limit. Moreover, the eight artillery pieces must be fired staggered and cannot fire in a salvo. Otherwise, it may cause damage to the battleship. From the perspective of a wooden battleship, the damage caused by the recoil is more serious than the damage caused by the enemy's heavy artillery fire.
Fortunately, the number of cannons has been reduced, and the number of personnel can also be greatly reduced. The space on the battleship appears to be much more abundant. In previous battleships, the bottom of the cabin was almost airtight, and the air was very bad. The environment in which sailors lived was also very poor and they were prone to illness. When we arrived at the White Army Navy, everything was greatly improved.
Not only has the living environment of the sailors improved, the capacity of the warehouse has also been greatly increased, and the battery life has also been greatly enhanced. If all the warehouses are filled with supplies, the Taishan-class battleship can float on the sea for at least a year and six months. During these six months of the year, it can be ensured that no major physical accidents will occur to the crew.
Obviously, this is very beneficial for long-distance expeditions. From Shandong Peninsula to Nanyang region,If the wind blows, it will only take half a month. If there is headwind, it will only take three months at most. This means that from now on, the white army and navy can intervene in the war in the Nanyang region.
The displacement of the Wutaishan-class battleship is about one thousand tons. The displacement of the Tianshan-class battleship exceeds 1,500 tons. Simply speaking, in terms of the internal structure of the battleships, there is no qualitative difference between them and the Taishan-class battleships. For the convenience of construction, the designer scaled up the Taishan-class battleship and made some minor adjustments to create a new battleship.
Their main weapons and equipment are twelve and sixteen howitzers with a diameter of 75 mm. This is obviously due to the expansion of battleship tonnage. From a combat perspective, the firepower of twelve and sixteen 75mm howitzers is already very powerful. Especially when bombarding the other side, the effect is simply devastating.
In order to show the importance he attached to the navy, Xu Xingxia personally served as the top commander of the navy. The deputy commander of the Navy is Chen Xinhai. Chen Xinhai was a rare technical officer within the White Army. He had served in the Ming Navy in his early years and was quite familiar with the sea. There were almost no surprises in his tenure. Because no one has the ability to compete with him.
In fact, the senior leaders of the White Army Navy are basically young men from the former Ming Dynasty Navy. Their age is basically under forty years old, which is when they are in the prime of life. They were very dissatisfied with the current situation of the Ming Navy. This dissatisfaction became particularly obvious after the Battle of Lulianghai. Because their dissatisfaction was too obvious, they were once listed as targets of surveillance by Jin Yiwei, who may take drastic action against them at any time.
The Battle of Lulianghai was said to be a victory, but in fact both sides suffered losses. Or, in other words, we think we have won. In fact, the Ming Navy and the Korean Navy only forced the Japanese back. Japanese ship losses were not significant. Otherwise, they would not have enough ships to withdraw all the Japanese troops in Korea back home.
This group of young officers of the Ming Dynasty Navy is naturally a dream for Xu Xingxia. They love the sea very much. They were full of enthusiasm for expanding the maritime territory of the Ming Empire. Their "aggression" is very strong. They who had not had the opportunity to display their talents before gathered under the banner of the White Army Navy.
Of course, due to the restrictions of the original Daming Navy, Chen Xinhai and the others did not know much about the sea areas beyond the coastal sea, especially the far sea. For example, they don¡¯t know much about the Nanyang region. The original Ming Navy had no chance to visit Nanyang. Well, Zheng He's fleet, which is too far away, doesn't count.
But that doesn¡¯t matter. As long as you are willing to work hard, study hard, and master the basic knowledge of the world's oceans, it will not be a big problem. Isn't this Xu Xingxia? Since Xu Xingxia is also the supreme commander of the navy, he can't just talk and not do anything, right? I could only search hard and rack my brains to give away all the knowledge I knew about the ocean.
The main task of the White Army Navy after its establishment is, of course, to contain the Japanese. As far as the current situation is concerned, the Japanese ambitions have not been completely destroyed. They also have dissatisfaction with North Korea. The white army and navy want to destroy this kind of evil. Not only must we destroy the Japanese, we must also gradually encroach on Japan. Therefore, the White Army Navy must launch attacks on the Japanese coastline in a planned and orderly manner.
¡°The one who is most enthusiastic about attacking Japan is of course King Fu Zhu Changluo. According to Xu Xingxia's promise, Japan will be ruled by him in the future. Therefore, when the White Army Navy was established, he hurried over to join in the fun. He wished that the white army and navy would launch an attack on Japan immediately and put him on the throne.
It¡¯s a pity that his wish will come true for the time being. The White Army was not fully prepared to land in Japan. The navy is the navy, and the landing is the landing, and they cannot be confused. Defeating the Japanese on the sea is not difficult. However, there is still a lot of preparation work to be done to ensure a smooth landing of the troops.
Xu Xingxia divided the White Army Navy into three fleets. The First Fleet is mainly responsible for the Japanese side, destroying Japanese naval battleships and bombarding the Japanese coastline. The Second Fleet and the Third Fleet are mainly responsible for the Southeast Asia region. In the future, most of the newly launched warships will be deployed to the Nanyang region, and a small number will go to deal with Japan.
For the white-coated navy, the focus is on fighting for Nanyang.
The wealth in the Nanyang region has always been coveted by Xu Xingxia. In the current Nanyang region, the Western powers are dancing happily. The Spaniards, Dutch, British, Portuguese, and French all lived a very comfortable life when they were young. They made huge profits from the Nanyang region, and each of them made a lot of money. And these profits should originally belong to the great eastern countries.To be precise, it should belong to China.
In order to strengthen the presence of the White Army Navy in the Nanyang region and facilitate the White Army Navy's battles in the Nanyang region, Xu Xingxia decided to set up a naval base in Leizhou Prefecture in the southernmost part of Guangdong and build a larger shipyard and repair shop. The main task of Leizhou Shipyard is to produce the largest "Tianshan" class warship on the assembly line.
In addition, Xu Xingxia also decided to build a large naval base in Yazhou, the southernmost part of Qiongzhou Prefecture, and station naval logistics troops there. It is to facilitate the warships entering the Nanyang area to dock on site for supplies and general repairs.
In mid-September, the fully prepared Second and Third Fleets of the White Navy formed a mixed fleet, and under the leadership of Chen Xinhai, headed south in a mighty manner.
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In October of the second year of Taichang, the sea near Manila.
Although it is early morning, Manila is already very busy.
Merchant ships, large and small, are either preparing to line up to enter the port, or they have just come out of the port. The densely packed masts and white sails emit bursts of dazzling light under the rising sun. These merchant ships all have a common feature, that is, the draft is very deep, almost reaching the edge of the deck, which shows the large amount of cargo they carry.
Those large merchant ships, with a displacement of more than 800 tons, should travel to and from the ocean. They either transported porcelain, silk, tea, medicinal materials and other goods from Manila back to Europe for dumping. Or, it is loaded with heavy raw silk, ready to sail through the Kuroshio route to the ports on the Mexican coast in the eastern Pacific.
Or perhaps, a large number of muskets, artillery, swords and other weapons were loaded from various European countries, traveling across the ocean and arriving in the Far East. The firearms equipment of the European powers are still very popular in the Far East. At the very least, it was quite popular before the rise of the White Army. After the rise of the White Army, it is unclear whether the weapons and equipment of the Western powers are still so popular. I guess it's not that popular anymore.
As for other merchant ships, they trade in various ports within the Nanyang region. There are many ports in the Southeast Asia region, such as Brunei, Malacca, Jakarta, Surabaya, Ampana, Makassar, Hanjerumachen, Jiading, Achen, etc. Different ports have different cargo needs. Cargo ships are the link connecting these ports.
Suddenly, as if I felt something, the merchant ships that were slowly leaving the port suddenly came to a slow stop. All kinds of sharp whistles spread throughout the Manila port. The lookout post at the top of the merchant ship was also constantly waving red pennants, as if sending a dangerous message to everyone around.
Several port patrol boats discovered that something was wrong and hurriedly flew out of the port. As a result, before these patrol ships left the port, people around the Manila port were shocked to see a huge fleet appearing near the port. Huge warships, like silent monsters, slowly approached Manila. The kind of coercion that slowly appears and comes slowly can make people suffocate on the spot.
There will be more in a moment
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