The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 672 Assembly Line Shipbuilding
It was only after Ding Yi conquered North Korea that he traded with Li Ji, got the big wood from North Korea, and then occupied the big staff. With the wood from the big staff, he got the most suitable wood for shipbuilding.

As a result, Ding Yi's current third-tier battleship is only about two or three years old, and other ships are basically about four years old.

Ding Yi's original plan was to make it while using it.

After a few years, North Korea and Dayuan's wood can be used, and the boats built by then can last for ten years, even 20 years, or 30 years.

Now the third-tier battleship can be used for two or three years, and then it will be replaced as it is built.

But Arthur felt that this was really costly, manpower and resource intensive.

In Arthur's eyes, it would cost a lot of money to build a third-tier battleship.

Although he didn't know, Ding Yi had accumulated tens of thousands of logs over the years, and even obtained a large amount of wood from North Korea at a lower cost than ordinary shipyards.

"I have stockpiled a large amount of high-quality wood in Lushun, and the master is also stockpiling it here. It will be available in a few years, and the boats built by then should last for a long, long time."

"I have better suggestions, I hope you will not rush for success, and you will not waste it." Arthur said kindly.

"Tell me." Ding Yi listened carefully.

Arthur said, I see that your Longshan shipyard is very large, and you have built three of them in Banwu.

Xu Zhi on the side hurriedly said: "It is for increasing the amount of shipbuilding in the future."

Arthur nodded: "General Ding is very thoughtful. I think two more docks can be built downstream."

"So I think we can do this without wasting manpower and money."

"Ordinary boats with less than a thousand materials will be replaced by the original ones, and it will be fine to replace them in four years."

"The cost of the third-tier battleship is too high, there is no need to rebuild it in two or three years."

"We can learn from the UK. A ship built on the keel and ribs must be air-dried on the berth for one year before continuing to lay boards inside and outside the hull. This principle applies to all details on the hull, and shipbuilding can be carried out in an orderly and slow manner. "

Ding Yi listened carefully, and Zhu Xiangyang asked beside him: "Such a third-tier battleship, wouldn't it take three or four years to build?"

"Don't think so." Arthur laughed.

"I saw that the Tainan shipyard has a good wood that has been planted for several years. After making the keel ribs, it can be dried naturally for half a year."

"Let's make an analogy, first build the keel ribs, put them on the side, continue to rebuild the keel ribs, and then put them on the side again."

"After half a year, other laying, construction, and then air-drying will be carried out. Because we have many shipwrights, this can be carried out at the same time as other ship keels."

"In three years' time, we may have four or five keel hulls drying out, some already in the process of being finalized."

"Four years later, we can complete three to four ships, or even more than five ships at the same time in a few months."

"A ship built in this way can last at least 20 years."

Ding Yi understood it as soon as he heard it. It is equivalent to assembly line manufacturing. First, make a part and put it aside to dry, and then continue to build a part of a ship. ship, and so on.

After the front is air-dried, continue to build, then air-dry, continue to build others, and then air-dry, repeating this step continuously, so that there will be no ships in the first few years, but after three to four years, there will be continuous ships. Come out, and within a few months, several ships will be launched, and the launching ship will be about the same as one ship per year now, and it will even be faster.

If you encounter wartime, you can still speed up, and rush to work, you can also advance.

The point is, the boat built in this way is more durable.

If you need to fight a naval battle, Ding Yi's current method is to ship one ship a year is the best.

But now there is no need to fight naval battles, using Arthur's method is the best, and it is also the most cost-effective and material-saving.

Ding Yi thought about it carefully, and at this stage his navy is already the strongest in Asia.

Although there are not as many troops and warships as Zheng Zhilong, there are only three battleships in the third class, including six big men, one in Jeju Island, two in Lushun, a total of nine ships, and more than 30 thousand ships.

The combined strength of these warships is stronger than the four Dutch troops stationed in Taiwan back then.

Zheng Zhilong beat a Dutchman, mobilized all the warships, added other naval divisions of the Ming Army, and let the Dutchman run away.

Now that Ding Yi is fighting him, Ding Yi has at least a 90.00% chance of winning.

Of course, Ding Yi didn't intend to fight him now.

In the past few years, everyone has earned their own money, and they don't invade each other, so it's safe and sound.

Before the Manchu Qing Dynasty was wiped out, Ding Yi would definitely not want to start a war on two fronts, wasting his time and energy.

After another calculation, it seems that Ming Dynasty will not perish until four years later, so there is no rush to build these three-tier battleships.

"Okay, let's use Arthur's method." Ding Yi quickly decided to use the new method Arthur said to build the ship.

In this way, there may be no third-tier battleships in three or four years, but after four years, four or five ships suddenly appear, wouldn't it be more exciting?
Moreover, the warships that came out at that time can be used for at least ten years, more than 20 years, which is absolutely economical.

Arthur was overjoyed, he didn't expect Ming people to trust him so much, and Xu Zhi, a master shipbuilder of Han nationality, also nodded, as if he felt that Arthur's way was indeed better than theirs.

Of course, there is another disadvantage of this method, that is, more docks are required.

Build it, rebuild the shipyard, and build a few more. Fortunately, three shipyards have been built here, and now they can be used while building ships.

Xu Erxian said with a smile at this time: "It's really itchy to see the new battleship after three or four years."

Yao Xinhan smiled: "In the past few years, there have been no opponents in the sea, so it's just time to recharge your batteries and accumulate strength."

Ding Yi also thinks this is very good, otherwise the senior officials will produce a battleship every year, and Zheng Zhilong will think about it when he sees it.

In the past few years, he has sent secret workers to Fujian, and Zheng Zhilong has also sent here a lot.

Although Ding Yi's defense was extremely strict, it was definitely useless.

After all, they can use the method of immigration to sneak in. Presumably Zheng Zhilong now knows that Ding Yi is desperately building a ship.

In this way, four years later, several ships suddenly appeared, and they appeared continuously in the future.

The overall efficiency is definitely improved a lot.

Because after a ship is launched, it can be replaced by a new keel immediately behind, forming a non-stop appearance of the assembly line.

However, not all countries can do this method, and the Dutch may not be able to do it either. This has great requirements on the number of craftsmen and workers and the preparation of materials.

In Ding Yi’s Lushun University last year, there were three classes of shipwrights, and 140 graduates equaled 140 more shipwrights. He also managed to find more than 100 people from Daming, Japan, and North Korea, and there were more than 200 more in the whole year. artisan.

There are not so many new shipbuilders in the whole of Ming Dynasty every year, and there are not so many new boatmakers in the whole of the Netherlands.

This is Ding Yi's confidence to use the assembly line to build ships.

Of course, most shipwrights who have just graduated may not be able to do it alone. It takes time and experience to accumulate, but as long as Ding Yi persists in this way, ten years later, China's shipbuilding industry will definitely be far ahead of the world.

Ding Yi said at this time: "Within ten miles from the shipyard, no outsiders and civilians are allowed to approach. More soldiers should be sent to patrol, and the nearby highlands must be bulldozed."

Just in case, use a telescope to climb up to watch.

But the location of his Longshan Shipyard is very good, surrounded by the port on three sides, it is really not easy to see the inside from the outside.

"Master Ding, don't worry, the defense here is extremely strict, and I guarantee that no one will know what's going on inside." Zhao Dashan patted his chest and said.

He is from the Intelligence Department, and he attaches great importance to this kind of thing. He also has a branch of the Intelligence Department in the senior staff, and he is very attentive.

After visiting the shipyard, Ding Yi visited Xingang City.

This is the largest city he built in Dayuan, and it is also the first city. It has been more than four years since he occupied Dayuan. Ding Yi has been building Xingang City, and Xingang City is getting bigger and bigger. Ten thousand and two thousand, and then 1 mu, this time, it has become more than 3 mu, and it has become the most spectacular city in Dayuan.

Xingang City is about 5000 meters long from north to south, and 4000 meters wide from east to west. There are two layers of city walls on the west side. All 100-pound cannons purchased from the Macau Cannon Factory can directly hit the sea.

Of course, the 48-pound cannons are not all in place yet, and the Macau artillery factory has no time to build them. It is estimated that it will take two to three years to equip them.

At that time, the front port will be covered by artillery fire here, and will form an angle with Tainan City to surround it with firepower.

It is basically impossible for the warship outside to land without Ding Yi's consent.

In history, the Penghu of Zheng Keshuang, the grandson of Zheng Zhilong, was breached by the Qing soldiers.

Now that Penghu is in the hands of Zheng Zhilong, it is impossible for Zheng Zhilong to land directly in the Tainan area, because there are forts everywhere.

Either choose in the Taipei and Taichung areas.

But for more than four years, Zhao Dashan has been operating all the areas in the west of Dayuan where Ding Yi can land. Building forts and piling in seawater are completely defensive methods of later generations.

All kinds of steel barriers on the beach are extremely sharp and densely packed.

Even if they do land on the shore, there are bastions at the entrance, and with various blockhouses, it is difficult for infantry to go ashore.

After going ashore, Zhao Dashan surrounded the land piece by piece according to the way that the Japanese in later generations occupied the majority, digging ditches and setting up forts at every important intersection.

It's just layer upon layer of protection, blocking every step of the way.

Zhao Dashan and the others estimated that even if [-] enemy troops as powerful as them wanted to land at the same time, at least [-] to [-] people would die on the shore, and after attacking, [-] to [-] people would die in the Tainan area near Xingang City.

It is almost impossible to win Xingang City again.

But now in this world, how many troops are as powerful as their Dongjiang Town?

At this time, Zhao Dashan murmured again: "My lord, please believe us, there is no country or army in this world that can take down our officers, let alone Xingang City."

After more than four years in his management, he finally had the courage to say this.

Ding Yi laughed out loud, deeply convinced that whoever is going to beat the big officers now, I just let him in, and don't beat him at sea or on the shore, and only infantry can drive them into the sea again.

(End of this chapter)