1825 My New Daming

Chapter 427 The Dumplings Are Here! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
Above the Pacific Ocean, dozens of columns of black smoke rose straight into the sky.

On the blue sea, dozens of giant ships with iron armor beside them parted the rolling waves and moved their steel bodies.These powerful ships of the Ming Dynasty Navy lined up in two columns, flying the flags of the sun and the moon.Between the two columns, there were [-] or [-] huge freighters and passenger ships. These passenger and freighters could be seen to be recruited temporarily, and the flag of the Ming Navy with a blue background and a red sun and moon was also hung on the passenger and freight ships.Some infantrymen of the Ming army, wearing grass-green military uniforms and big military caps, are holding their arms on the bow and side of these civilian ships, pointing at the majestic and majestic ships escorting them, all young faces full of pride.

The Ming Navy ships escorting these civilian ships are all new ships that have just been launched—they are the legendary "Da Ming Dumpling Ships"!
Although Daming's industrial strength has been ranked first in the world for many years, it does not mean that Daming is the number one in all industrial categories. one!It wasn't until the past two years that the large-scale shipyard construction projects promoted by Daming's "One Thousand Ships Plan" were completed and put into operation one after another, that Daming's shipbuilding capacity surpassed that of the United Kingdom and became the number one in the world.

The world's number one shipbuilding capability, of course the world's number one "dumpling"!
But this "dumpling" can't be placed casually, and too many "backward dumplings" can't be placed, or they will be eliminated after a few times, and it won't be worthwhile.Therefore, at the beginning of the war, the shipbuilding industry of the Ming Empire did not invest in Heroes like crazy, but built quite a few civilian ships. The shipbuilding industry of Ming Dynasty was not as good as that of the United Kingdom, and the shipping industry of Ming Dynasty was not as good as that of the United Kingdom.Therefore, the total tonnage of civilian ships retained by Ming Dynasty is also less than that of Britain.

The role of civilian ships in a world war that requires long-distance deployment of troops is quite huge!
Therefore, in the first two years after the outbreak of the war, shipyards in various places in Ming Dynasty built a large number of "South Island Ship", "Nanyang Ship" and "South Oil Tanker".Among them, the "Nandao ship" is a passenger ship, which is the prototype of the six aircraft-carrying frigates.

The "Nanyang Ship" is a bulk carrier with a standard displacement of 1.5 tons and a full load of 2.5 tons. It is also divided into two types: the fast Nanyang ship and the slow Nanyang ship. The former can reach a maximum speed of 23 knots and can keep up with the activities of the main fleet.The latter's maximum speed is only 15 knots, and it can only carry cargo daily, but it is also indispensable!
The "South Tanker" is of course a ship that transports oil.It is also divided into two types of fast and slow, and the tonnage of standard discharge and full load is similar to that of "Nanyang Ship".Among them, the slow-speed southern tanker transports crude oil from Borneo, Sakhalin and Sumatra.The fast south tanker transports refined oil, including heavy oil, gasoline, diesel, aviation kerosene and so on.The speed of these fast tankers is also as high as 23 knots, which can completely keep up with the fleet and is the "nanny" of the large fleet.

In addition to these three types of ships used to transport troops, cargo, and oil, Daming's shipbuilding industry has also provided the Daming Navy with a large number of special ships with engineering, maintenance, medical treatment, surveying, and communications in the past two years.

Although these ships were not combat ships, their significance to this war cannot be overemphasized.

And at the beginning of 1832, the batch of "dumpling ships" that had been tendered and designed before the outbreak of the war finally began to "come out" in large numbers!

Although Daming had already built many Hero-class, Zhongwang-class (including Shu Zhongwang-class), and Emperor-class ships before that, those battleships were only used for emergencies and were not really used to compete with the British Empire for world hegemony. The performance of these "emergency ships" is also quite outstanding.

As for the real first-class large dumpling ship of Ming Dynasty, it has a standard displacement of 2.5 tons, a full displacement of 3.15 tons, and a maximum speed of 27 knots. — 12 ships!
This is not over yet!
There is also a derivative ship of the Shihuang class, which is the Guangdong-class aircraft carrier developed based on the hull of the Shihuang class-this is a real fleet aircraft carrier with a straight deck and an angled deck!
The order given by the Ministry of the Navy of the Ming Dynasty is 8 ships!
In other words, based on the warships and aircraft carriers of the Shihuang-class hull, the Ming Navy ordered a total of 20 ships!
While the shipbuilding engineers of Ming Dynasty were designing the "Shihuang" class, the large battleship based on the 7.5 horsepower main engine system used by the Shihuang class had a standard displacement of 3 tons and a full load displacement of 3.7 tons. The development of the "Da Zhou" class battleship with a 8mm main gun and a speed of up to 360 knots was also started at the same time, and all design work was completed shortly after the design of the "Shihuang" class was completed.

The first ship of the "Da Zhou" class battleship "Da Zhou", the second ship "Da Qin", and the third ship "Da Han" also completed sea trials in June 1832 and joined the Ming Navy. Pacific Fleet, South Sea Fleet and Western Fleet, and became the flagship of these three fleets!

The admirals of the Great Fleet of the Ming Dynasty in this era are really happy when it comes to the "flagship selection issue". They only "played" with the Shihuang class and the Guangdong class not long ago, and now they have changed to the "Da Zhou" class.The standard displacement is 3.5 tons, the full load displacement is 4.25 tons, and the heavy battleship "Daming" class equipped with 8 dual 380mm main guns has completed the design. The first ship "Daming" and the second ship "Datang" , The start date of the third ship "Da Sui" has been scheduled, and in another 24 months at most, the admirals of the three major fleets of the Ming Navy will change their flagships again. This will soon catch up with the rich N generations changing their cars Speed ​​up!
But now, the Ming Navy formation escorting an entire division of the Southern Continent Expeditionary Corps of the Ming Army to Pearl Harbor is composed of the battleship Daqin, the aircraft carrier Guangxi, and the "Kongming" with a standard displacement of 1.3 tons and a full displacement of 1.6 tons. And dozens of other large and small ships composed of ships.

And all these ships, without exception, are brand new, and none of them are more than one year old. That is, the dumpling ship that has just entered service.

Zhuge Weidao's admiral's flag is the admiral's flag, which is now hanging on the mast of the "Da Zhou", fluttering wildly.He went back to Daming not long ago, first to attend the Chiefs of Staff meeting - Daming is now in a state of war with eight countries including Great Britain, India, and the United States.

Of course Daming has to hold a meeting to discuss what to do next?
The conclusion of the meeting is of course to implement the battle plan to seize the southern continent, which is Australia, as soon as possible.

As long as this continent is seized, the Ming court will be able to have an explanation for the people in the country.And the people have seen such a big victory, and they are definitely willing to continue to support the imperial court in the war.With the industrial strength of Ming Dynasty, as long as there is the support of the people, no matter how large the scale of the war continues, Ming Dynasty can afford it.

And his second task is to meet his new flagship "Da Zhou" battleship, as well as the Guangxi aircraft carrier that was assigned to the Pacific Fleet, and some other newly commissioned warships.

So at this moment, Zhuge Weidao is standing side by side with Admiral Mu Zhongjun and Deputy Admiral Zheng Guoxian of the Great Ming Southern Continental Army Corps on the starboard deck of the "Da Zhou" battleship, looking at the rough ocean in front of them, laughing loudly and talking about sending troops The strategy of the Southern Continent...

In the eyes of the three of them, the time to conquer the southern continent is fully ripe!
(End of this chapter)