1825 My New Daming

"Welcome, Master Zhuge. The journey on the North Atlantic Ocean must be very bumpy. Winter is not a good season to travel across the Atlantic Ocean. Of course, it is not a good season to enter the Gulf of Riga. Although it will not be the same as the Gulf of Finland The same is frozen, but the water is full of floating ice, and the sea near the coastline will freeze. It is really difficult to rely on icebreakers to open the way. If we can have a warm, never frozen It would be nice if the port was not frozen."

The one who spoke was Tsar Nicholas I of the Raksha Kingdom. When he mentioned the "warm, ice-free port that never freezes", the greedy look in his eyes couldn't be concealed.

The scene where Zhuge Weidao talks to Nicholas is in a villa that can be called a palace near the sea outside Riga.The Tsar was still in military uniform, standing in front of a huge floor-to-ceiling glass full of water vapor, talking, while looking out through the hazy glass at the battleship Hero and the armored cruiser Hero on the Gulf of Riga— — These two ships will soon belong to the Rakshasa Navy!

Hero will be renamed Ekaterina the Great, and Hero will be renamed Admiral Orlov.The new names of these two ships must be very unfriendly to the Turks. Catherine the Great's title of emperor was obtained by beating the Turks.

And that Admiral Orlov was a member of the female emperor's "adulterate group". He was the most skilled at naval warfare in the Raksha army at that time, and he once planned the Mediterranean expedition of the Baltic Fleet—this is a The expedition started very badly, because it was the first time for the Rakshasa Navy to go out on a large scale at that time, and they were not very used to it. Several battleships and cruisers had accidents during the long-distance raid, or sank, or ran aground.In the end, only 9 battleships and 3 cruisers barely reached the Aegean Sea, while the Turkish fleet they faced had 16 battleships, 6 cruisers, and 50 small combat ships.With the support of about 2000 coastal defense guns, these Turkish warships waited for battle near Cesme Bay. As a result, the Turks lost 15 battleships, 6 cruisers, and 40 small ships, and 1-1.1 were killed in battle.And the loss of the Raksha Kingdom was only 11 people killed in battle, not as many as they died on the way!

Rakshasa Navy, become famous in one battle!
And now, Nicholas I is eager to win his Cesme victory and the title of Great Emperor.

Zhuge Weidao was sitting by the warm fireplace, holding a large file bag in his hand, while Natalie was sitting next to him, looking a little eager to try, as if she wanted to fight the Turks with her brother ——As expected of the granddaughter of the Great Empress.

Hearing Nicholas mentioned "Budonggang", Natalie turned her face away and silently looked at Zhuge Weidao with her big talking eyes.Zhuge Weidao smiled and said, "Nikolai Pavlovich, we have prepared an exclusive English-playing package for the Raksha Kingdom!"

"England package? But my enemy is Turkey!" The Tsar looked back at Zhuge Weidao, and said in an urgent and fast Raksha language, "Daozi, I know that the relationship between you and Britain is becoming increasingly tense, and it may soon be over. There will be some conflicts, but that is your war, not our war. I have only one goal, the destruction of the Turkish Empire. The Turkish Empire must be destroyed!"

"Brother Dao, just yesterday, the United Kingdom and the Indian Empire jointly submitted an ultimatum to the Turkish Empire, requiring the Turks to make a decision to abandon Greece within 72 hours!"

"Brother Dao, the French also submitted an ultimatum with the same content to the Turkish Empire. In addition, Austria, Prussia, the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Pope of Rome, and the Kingdom of Dajin are also preparing ultimatums against Turkey. The Turkish Empire is We request joint mediation by our country, the United States, the Mexican Empire, and Japan."

Wei Yuanda, the ambassador of the Ming Dynasty to the Luocha Kingdom, and Huang Shu, the military attache of the Ming Dynasty Embassy in the Luocha Kingdom, also came to Riga, and together they told Zhuge Weidao about the major event that had just happened on the European side—the war that had dragged on for a long time to besiege Turkey seemed to be It's about to explode!

Zhuge Weidao originally thought that the countries would delay for another year or two. They have been delaying for a long time, why did they suddenly become agile?This thing is weird!

Moreover, Britain, France and other countries only proposed that Turkey abandon Greece, not to destroy Turkey. This is not consistent with the goal of Rakshasa!
"Have the British agreed with you to occupy Constantinople?" Zhuge Weidao asked.

Nicholas I said: "The British have made it clear that in this war, the United Kingdom will not prevent us from attacking and recovering Constantinople. After all, we are their allies now! And they will not betray their allies. The Turks made a separate peace. And their alliance with us is limited to this war against Turkey, and will not involve other aspects. You Ming can definitely rest assured.

However, we will not side with Ming Dynasty against the British Empire.In fact, after we successfully regained Constantinople, all the external territorial requirements of the Raksha Kingdom have been satisfied, and we have to concentrate on solving our economic problems in the future.I want to liberate the serfs, allocate land to the serfs, and protect and encourage the development of industry and commerce. Constantinople will become the southern capital and economic center of the empire. Before it was occupied by the Turks, it was the most prosperous in Europe. one of the cities.In the future, he will restore his former glory in my hands! "

"Nicolas, you have such a beautiful idea!" Zhuge Wei said, "Since the British dared to say that they would not prevent the Rakshasa from attacking Constantinople, they must have helped the Turks greatly strengthen Constantinople." Defense of Dinburgh."

When he was thinking about what kind of "bear-killing weapon" the British would prepare for the Turks, Nicholas I said again: "Daozi, but we still want to hear what kind of weapon you have prepared for the Raksha Kingdom!" English set meal. Well, be prepared!"

"Nikolai Pavlovich," Zhuge Weidao opened the large file bag in his hand, "except for the 5 Hero-class ships, 1 Hero-class ship and 2 Nandao-class ships that you have already ordered. , we have also prepared a plan for you to upgrade the Peter the Great-class battleships, and now the 4 Peter the Great-class battleships that are waiting for outfitting can use the upgraded plan immediately, and the construction period will not be delayed."

The Peter the Great class he mentioned is actually the Hongwu Great Emperor class. The Raksha people ordered 5 ships in total, one of which was built by Daming and has now been delivered, and the remaining 1 ships were built by the Nikolayev Shipyard near the Black Sea in Daming Under the direction of the engineer is responsible for the construction.In order to build these 4 emperor-class ships, the engineers of the Ming Empire also helped the Nikolayev Shipyard expand 4 dry docks, so that they can undertake the construction task of the 4-ton battleship hull.

Now these 4 dry docks have been completed long ago, and the 4 emperor-class hulls are about to be completed.

Nicholas I asked: "What is the difference between the upgraded plan and the original one?"

Zhuge Weidao said with a smile: "It has been greatly improved. The armor scheme has been changed from the original wrought iron to the surface-hardened steel plate, which can save a lot of tonnage and space for upgrading the main engine and the main gun. The power of the main engine has been increased to 1.6 horsepower, so that its speed can be significantly improved. In addition, the main gun scheme of the Emperor class will also be greatly adjusted, from the original two double 305mm turrets to six. Dual 6mm turrets. Although the caliber has been reduced, the number of guns has doubled, and the rate of fire and accuracy will be significantly improved. This solution is also used by us. All of our Hongwu guns that have been built or are under construction The emperor class will be upgraded with the same plan. Although the emperor class after the upgrade is not as good as the hero class, it can still effectively suppress all levels of battleships below the hero class. And each upgrade plan of the emperor class only needs 240 million Silver coins are really a bargain.

If your Rakshasa country can have 5 heroes and 5 upgraded emperors, I believe the British will really not interfere with your attack on Constantinople! "