The Ming Dynasty did not revolutionize

Chapter 441 Naval Visit and Open Event

For Americans, visiting the Ming Dynasty is something very exciting and desirable.

The Ming Emperor's order was sent to America and was quickly forwarded to various agencies in America through the American Liaison Office and the Cabinet of the United States.

Although there were some minor disputes in the personnel screening process, no matter what the disputes were, they would not affect the final completion time, and the emperor's requirements must be met on time.

The people selected by the court, provinces, and free states to participate in the event had all arrived in New York on November 20th, the 30th year of Tiangong.

The princes also arranged their work in advance and met again in New York on November 25th.

Prior to this, in early November of the 30th year of Tiangong, the Ming Navy sent a telegram to the American Garrison, stating the exact itinerary of the fleet.

The fleet will arrive at New York Harbor between December 1st and 2nd and will remain in New York Harbor for at least ten days.

Among them, a naval ship open day will be held between December 6 and December 12, and people from all walks of life in New York can board the ship for a visit.

Please make arrangements in advance with the New York City Government and the Port of New York and prepare the docks and berths in advance.

At the same time, we should carry out official and private publicity, prepare personnel in advance to maintain order on site, and control the number of people boarding the ship for visits every day.

This is not the first time this has happened, and the relevant personnel all know what to do.

After the message was delivered, all the staff in the U.S. Cabinet and New York City quickly became busy.

The news that the Ming Dynasty naval fleet was arriving and open to the public for visits was quickly spread through newspapers and radio.

Relevant personnel and those who are interested in this are looking forward to it.

Time slowly came to December 1st, and the Ming Navy's fleet approached the Outer New York Bay.

After exchanging confirmation with the Port of New York via radio, we officially entered the New York Bay the next morning.

Due to the prior publicity, a large number of waiting small boats appeared on the surface of Inner New York Bay at this time.

The beaches and outside the dock railings around New York Harbor were also filled with people watching the fun.

There are also a large number of reporters and photographers from newspapers and radio stations who set up equipment in various places to film and even broadcast live explanations.

The naval fleet that came to New York this time did not disappoint the people who came to watch the fun.

The core of the fleet is two large aircraft carriers. According to the relevant instructions provided in advance by the navy, the full load displacement of these two ships has exceeded 80,000 tons.

The external shape of the entire warship is basically the same as the modernized aircraft carrier in Zhu Jianxuan's previous life.

It already has an extremely large hull, and there is an even larger external deck extending from the hull.

The deck length reaches 320 meters and the maximum width reaches 75 meters.

The deck is equipped with four steam catapults capable of operating carrier-based aircraft with a maximum load capacity of 24 tons.

To ordinary people of this era, the shape of this warship can be said to be extremely strange and exaggerated, giving people a sense of unreality.

After all, thirty years ago, the warships sailing on the seas of Europe and America were still wooden sailing ships weighing hundreds or thousands of tons.

Even now, there are still a large number of sailing ships in operation in America and Europe, but most of them are powered by steam engines.

Before the Ming Dynasty conquered European countries, only the British built a few steel warships powered by steam engines.

In just over forty years, the shape of warships evolved from sail ships to after World War II.

Many old people still remember what those "super battleships" looked like.

Looking at these strange new warships in front of me, I really feel like the world is turning upside down.

Along with the two large aircraft carriers arriving in New York, there were also four missile cruisers with a full load displacement of more than 20,000 tons.

These four missile cruisers are also of new design and have just been put into service in the last two years.

It is based on the hull of the original 20,000-ton artillery battleship, and the internal structure of the hull has been redesigned to deploy the latest ground-to-ground and anti-ship missiles.

All four warships have two twin-mounted 160mm automatic guns and eight quadruple missile launchers.

The automatic cannon is the latest type of artillery with a fully mechanized loading system that can achieve a terrifying firing rate of twenty rounds per minute.

The projection of these two four-gun mounts is comparable to that of the previous four triple-gun mounts.

Behind the four missile cruisers are eight missile destroyers with a full load displacement of 10,000 tons.

The weapons and equipment are generally reduced by one level based on the cruiser.

It has two twin-mounted 120mm automatic cannons and four quadruple missile launchers.

These two automatic cannons also have a mechanical loading system, which directly extracts ammunition from fixed ammunition depots and transports it to the launcher.

The firing rate of a single barrel reached more than thirty rounds per minute.

The names of missile cruiser and missile destroyer were newly given by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty when they were designed.

Before this, except for special aircraft carriers, the classification method of Ming Dynasty's artillery warships had long retained the tradition of the sailing warship era.

They are directly distinguished in the form of first-level, second-level, third-level, and fourth-level battleships.

After the successful cruise missile experiment, the emperor directly requested the redesign of specialized warships equipped with various types of ground-to-ground and anti-ship missiles.

At the same time, the classification rules for the new generation of warships were also revised.

Various types of non-aircraft carrier warships equipped with missiles are divided into three types: cruisers, destroyers, and frigates.

Cruisers serve as fleet command ships, cooperating with aircraft carriers or leading other destroyers and frigates to organize specialized functional fleets.

Destroyers are the main force of the ocean-going fleet, while frigates are responsible for daily tasks such as offshore patrols and combating piracy.

The new generation of aircraft carriers and all missile warships are equipped with air and sea radio detection systems, that is, radars.

The latest transistor computer was also installed to assist in controlling the ammunition supply system and complete ballistic calculations.

With radio detection equipment for long-distance and nighttime detection, the combat capability of the aircraft carrier formation was finally basically complete.

With mature missile weapons, the hit rate of warships operating within the field of vision has directly increased tenfold, from relying on luck to hit to relying on luck to miss.

The close-range confrontations between warships also changed from the tin-can knights hacking at each other in the classical era to gunner duels.

The typical scene on the battlefield has changed from a face-to-face fight that lasted for a long time without any result to a life-and-death situation where the outcome could be decided in the instant of meeting.

Whether it is a traditional artillery warship or a new type of missile warship, it will either become an escort ship for an aircraft carrier or a daily miscellaneous ship.

In theory, they are no longer the main force in naval battles, but they still play an important role in any world.

There had been no direct naval battles between the world's major military forces for a long time, and the probability and frequency of large fleet head-on battles continued to decrease. Both aircraft carriers and former battleships were difficult to play a direct role during this period.

Normally, it only exists as a deterrent force.

On the contrary, small and medium-sized artillery warships and missile warships often appear in various low-intensity secondary confrontation scenarios and actually control the order at sea.

Among these new warships, there are four high-speed supply ships with a full load displacement of more than 50,000 tons to provide supplies to the fleet.

There were also twelve large ocean liners with a displacement between 20,000 and 60,000 tons.

All these large ships entered the port one after another, and bursts of warm cheers broke out from the crowds in New York Bay and around New York Harbor from time to time.

These large ships do not show their size when they are on the vast ocean.

But when it came up to the people, the smallest 10,000-ton destroyer in the entire fleet looked like a small mountain.

The bridges of several large warships were taller than many buildings on the shore of Long Island, and their presence could be seen from a long distance.

However, at this time, most people's attention was attracted by the two huge aircraft carriers.

New York also has a developed shipbuilding industry, and is capable of building large passenger and cargo ships of tens of thousands of tons. Various large passenger and cargo ships from the Ming Dynasty also frequently come to New York.

New York locals are familiar with all kinds of large ships, but they have never seen this kind of modern large aircraft carrier.

In fact, these two new aircraft carriers have only been put into service in the past two years, and this voyage can be regarded as a training exercise.

Almost half of the aircraft stored in the aircraft carrier's belly and on its deck were put into service only in the past two years, and they are all the latest models.

It can carry at least eight tons of bombs and can fly at the speed of sound, which has reached the standard of the second-generation jet fighter in Zhu Jianxuan's previous life.

However, the cheers of New Yorkers were not just because they were surprised by the size and uniqueness of the ships themselves.

At the same time, because of the identity of the Ming Dynasty naval vessel, when it arrives here, the people here will cheer.

Amid cheers, the huge fleet stopped one after another at the berths prepared in advance, and the dock workers cooperated with the tugboats to lock the large ships.

The Ming Dynasty naval officers and soldiers and immigration company staff who came with the ship first took turns going ashore to rest and adjust.

Passengers and new immigrants on the cruise ship also went ashore one after another.

Among the ocean-going liners that came with the fleet, two were specially dispatched by the Ming Immigration Company to receive the fifteen princes and visiting representatives from America.

The others were just regular ocean liners that happened to be passing through New York, and they came to New York with the naval fleet, carrying ordinary passengers.

Various official and private immigration companies of the Ming Dynasty have continued to send immigrants to America in recent years.

New York is a transit point for immigrants from eastern America, and a large number of immigrants arrive here at all times.

They might stay in New York or take a riverboat or train to other parts of America.

After the naval ship was repaired for three days, the naval officers and some soldiers returned to the ship, and the warship open to the public began.

The Navy is a branch of the military that can travel the world as a group, and the atmosphere of the president is different from that of the Army.

Naval vessels, though very important weapons, are not as sensitive as Army barracks, primarily because they can be taken away at any time.

Even before modern times, the navy's ships of all sizes would often receive visits from people from all walks of life.

The modern navy of Europe can be regarded as an aristocratic military force. Navies of different countries often exchanged and visited each other, and every time they arrived at a place, they would invite celebrities from all walks of life to board the ship to hold banquets.

When European naval ships were in the colonies, they would often invite colonial upper classes on board for banquets.

It can not only bring the colonial upper classes closer together, but also have a deterrent effect on these people, making them remember these mobile cannons that can come at any time.

It is also for this reason that similar activities before modern times were usually targeted at nobility and upper-class celebrities in society.

But now the various open activities held by the Ming Navy from time to time are directly open to ordinary people at the request of the Ming Emperor.

At least in name everyone can sign up, and then the official will arrange time to board the ship for a visit according to the order of registration.

However, there are usually special places reserved to invite specific people to board the ship directly.

There will be no Eastern or Western-style dances on the ship. Instead, military civilian personnel will be arranged to introduce various naval knowledge to visitors.

This is a form of military-civilian communication that only emerged on a large scale after World War II.

This approach can bring the military and the people closer together and reduce their vigilance and sensitivity.

It is precisely because the Ming Emperor asked the navy to frequently arrange such activities that the Ming Navy became more popular around the world.

Of course, the prerequisite for carrying out these activities is that the overall image of the army is still good and the overall discipline has not collapsed, otherwise it may even have a counterproductive effect.

The nobles in Europe and America all felt that this arrangement was made because the Ming Dynasty was a true civilian empire.

People directly arranged by the New York government and those selected from the public registered for the tour boarded the ship in batches.

The Navy arranged tour guides to introduce the functions of various facilities on the deck and in the cabin to visitors.

The most eye-catching things this time were, first of all, the latest fighter jets. The various parameters displayed and introduced on site shocked ordinary people who heard them.

These planes can carry eight tons of bombs at a time, which is enough to directly destroy a castle.

Then there were those cruise missiles, these special new-age weapons, that appeared before the Americans for the first time.

The ability to carry dozens or hundreds of kilograms of explosives and accurately hit targets dozens of kilometers away is even more incredible.

However, most people were amazed rather than skeptical, mainly because the credibility of the Ming emperor and the court had always been good.

Over the years, the Ming Dynasty has created many magical things that make people feel like magic.

Including the tens of thousands of tons of steel ships beneath their feet, and the metal planes that they often see flying into the sky.

These things were myths thirty years ago.

When ordinary people in America face these things, their main emotions are wonder and yearning.

When the nobles and upper classes of New York and the Free State looked at these things, they first felt admiration from the bottom of their hearts, and then they were filled with uncontrollable fear.

They all knew very well that the Ming Dynasty's increasingly magical weapons and equipment, and its invincible yet constantly upgrading army, were the sword of judgment hanging over the heads of all of them.

It is to warn them directly that when any inappropriate thoughts arise in their minds, they should first think about whether they can fight against these things.

At this critical juncture of the Free State reform, the Ming Dynasty arranged for this fleet to visit here and to bring representatives of them to visit the Ming mainland, obviously to give them a special warning again.

Let them cooperate honestly with the princes in the transformation of the free state and not have any inappropriate thoughts.

(End of this chapter)