The ship is thirty-two meters long, nearly eight meters wide, has a draft of more than ten feet, has three mainmasts, four decks, and forty-two heavy guns.
It can reach a speed of eleven knots when the wind is downwind.
This is the final five-member ship.
A 100-ton Galen battleship, Zhao Lie named it the Tang class. , In order to increase the speed, this class of battleship was customized according to the famous USS Constitution in Zhao Lie's memory.
This was also the result of the trip to London that year, because there was a model of the USS Constitution sailing battleship in the hall.
This type of ship is suitable for large sail warships.
Due to the increased space on the lower deck, this class of warships eliminates the bow and stern cabins on the deck and places them all on the first layer of the lower deck.
This greatly increased the speed.
Without the obstruction of the cabin, the speed of the Tang-class battleship was greatly increased, not much slower than the clipper ship, because one is the change of the ship type, and secondly, the sail of the large sailboat is huge, and it is also expanded with the help of wind. .
Another one, this type of ship placed the bow cabin on the lower deck and wrapped it with iron sheets, which greatly reduced the probability of casualties of the captain and other important generals.
This was also an extremely important change.
At this time, in the naval battle, the captain was shot and killed.
Really don’t want too little.
Therefore, the Tang-class battleship can be regarded as a real completed battleship.
Of course, Zhao Lie and others also had to go to the lower deck to rest, and there was no longer the comfort of blowing in the wind on the deck.
Even on the first deck, the air will be moldy, damp and dirty, but this is secondary to improving speed and safety.
These ten warships are lined up crowdedly at the dock of the shipyard.
All the sailors have already boarded the ships.
Most of the sailors were later recruited and trained on Shidao.
The backbone of the sailors are composed of the Plunder Fleet, Galen Fleet and merchant ships.
Deployed by the team.
In a word.
Most of the sailors here are rookies.
After months of hard training, Galen can now drive normally without any problems.
However, the fierce naval battle is a bit suspenseful.
Iuliano, Lin Cang, and Ren Zhang accompanied Zhao Lie to the Shanxiong signal to check.
This was the ninth ship with cannons installed.
Basically, the cannons were installed at a speed of one ship every two days, and it was almost over.
"Mr.
Juliano, the shipyard will be moved to Jeju in the future.
The shipyard here will no longer be responsible for building Galen ships.
However, it must be able to repair Galen ships.
In addition, Lin Cang left behind to continue building Fu ships ordered by maritime merchants.
"Businessmen headed by Luo Changshan continued to place orders for seagoing ships.
After the private salt manufacturing was transferred to Jeju, Meng Ji even placed an order for ten lucky ships.
This is the only source of profit for the shipyard.
Of course Zhao Lie will not give up. .
"Don't worry, sir, we have all been settled."
Juliano replied.
"Sir, the shipyard will leave more than a thousand pieces to customize the Fu Ship and renovate the Galen Ship."
Lin Cang bowed and said.
Zhao Lie nodded.
"Sir, after arriving in Jeju this time, Ren Zhang will be responsible for building the next batch of Tang-class warships at the shipyard."
Iuliano said.
"Very good," Zhao Lie was overjoyed, "Mr.
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Juliano, I will keep my word.
If Mr.
Juliano can enable Mingren's shipbuilders to build their own ships as soon as possible, I will not hesitate to reward him."
"Don't worry, sir, we will definitely be able to build the Galen warship."
Ren Zhang bowed and replied.
"Okay, when this day comes, it will be the day I celebrate for you."
Zhao Lie is extremely satisfied.
Zhao Lie is not sure how long the Portuguese can stay in Jeju.
The key is to control everything in his own hands.
If there are not many things that need to be moved in the shipyard, there are a lot of things in the craftsmen's camp.
A large amount of iron materials, tools, knives, guns, firecrackers and other finished products need to be moved.
At this time, the craftsmen's camp was busy and full of craftsmen carrying supplies.
Zhao Lie came here and met with Tiago and other Portuguese craftsmen, as well as Yuan Yi and other Chinese craftsmen.
After taking it all together, it was decided that Guo Fu would stay in charge of the craftsmanship.
The Huying Iron Smelter also retains the ability to manufacture cold weapons and assemble firecrackers.
Jeju is far overseas, and the transportation of ore is extremely inconvenient.
If the iron smelting is completed in Shidao and only the finished wrought iron is transported to Jeju, it will greatly reduce the pressure on transportation.
Now every bit of transportation capacity must be calculated.
At the castle tower of the Choshu Domain, Mouri Hide looked at the general's order of conquering the barbarians in front of him with a frosty face.
It indicated that the Shimonoseki Port of the Choshu Domain would be selected as the base camp for the battle with Akito.
The navy and infantry troops of the shogunate and daimyo will gather here, ordering the Choshu Domain to clean up the Shimonoseki port, set up camps, and make arrangements for the entry of the army.
At the same time, the navy and infantry troops of the Maori family will be ready to move.
Will land on Jeju Island as the main force.
Mourihide picked up the edict and wanted to tear it up, but Masuda Genxiang on the side hurriedly stopped him.
Morihide had tears in his eyes, "General Masuda, I, Mourihide, am really speechless in front of my grandfather's spirit in heaven."
It was your father, Mouri Terumoto, who lost the ten kingdoms of China due to his incompetence, not you.
Masuda, who lost 80,000 intellectual and practical places for this reason, has extraordinary resentment towards the suspicious Mouri Terumoto, but these words must never be said out loud. , Masuda Yuanxiang has always followed the principle of master-slave.
"My lord, in the past Liu Bei and Liu Xuande lost important places such as Xuzhou one after another and only survived with their bodies.
Who would have thought that he would divide the world into three parts in the future."
Masuda warned tactfully.
"In summary, it makes sense, but the shogunate is planning to let the Maori family and the Akito fight each other.
The Tokugawa family can reap the benefits, but there is nothing that can be done about justice."
Maori Hide sighed.
"My lord, the navy is worthless to my Maori family today.
The financial situation means that my family does not have the strength to maintain a land and sea army at the same time.
This time we just took this opportunity to attack hard.
In the fierce battle, the navy was wiped out and we were unable to march into Jeju to protect our family.
The main force of the cavalry."
Masuda Yuanxiang suggested after thinking.
They were ruthless enough and fought fiercely with the Ming Dynasty at sea.
The navy was completely depleted and was unable to land on Jeju, thereby preserving the more important infantry and cavalry.
No wonder he was a decisive person who made the wise and practical decision to abandon his family's century-old business.
"To sum up, this is a great idea.
However, to achieve this goal, other daimyo navy and shogunate navy must also be defeated."
If the navy of other families exists and can carry infantry and cavalry to land on Jeju Island, the navy of Choshu Domain The loss would be meaningless.
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"Nobumasa Yamauchi was sent as envoy to Jeju Island before the war."
Masuda did not go into details, but the meaning was obvious.
He connected with Jeju and informed the Jeju shogunate and the daimyo navy of the time to attack.
This allowed the Ming army to catch the shogunate navy by surprise and severely damaged the shogunate fleet. , This plan is really vicious.
He kills people without leaving any traces.
The last time he punished Nobumasa Yamauchi and made him live in seclusion, Gensho Masuda must have thought of this.
He is really a talented person who can see five steps at a time.
Mourixiu is really lucky.
In this time of crisis, there is such a talented person to help.
"That's what I said in summary."
Maori Xiu nodded in agreement.
"Come here, invite all the elders to come to the castle tower for evaluation."
There are too many issues that need to be evaluated.
In the next few days, Mourihide discussed for a long time with Fukuhara Aritoshi, Masuda Motosho, Shimizu Keiji and other family elders, and decided to make Shimizu Keiji the general general and Kurosui Choji the ship's water infantry system.
At the same time, he ordered Fukuhara Arijun, the author of the book, went to Xiaguan to take charge of the construction of the camp.
In the depth of winter, the north wind roared, and the Zhuin Ship sailed slowly and zigzag on the sea west of Iki Island.
Yamauchi Nobusa led more than 70 subordinates to approach Jeju Island, which they had just left a month ago, but in order to avoid Tsushima.
Navy sentry ship, they first made the illusion of sailing to Nagasaki along the coast of Kyushu, and turned back northwest to approach Jeju when approaching Hirado.
When Yamauchi Nobumasa was first punished, he was also uneasy.
He didn't know how his lord made the decision and what his family's fate would be.
However, his eldest son was not punished, which made him feel at ease.
Ten days ago at night, Mourixiu invited him to another hospital and gave him face-to-face instructions to let him go to sea to establish contact with the Ming army on Jeju Island.
Yamauchi Nobumasa was both surprised and happy.
What he was happy about was that the lord did not abandon him as a loyal subordinate.
He was shocked.
It was the Tokugawa shogunate who really regarded the Maori family as a close enemy and took the opportunity to suppress them.
Yamauchi Nobumasa was preparing to board the Zhusin ship a few days later, pretending to go to Nagasaki for trade, but in fact secretly went to Jeju.
When they approached fifty miles south of Jeju Island, they encountered a clipper ship of the Ming army.
Nobumasa Yamauchi immediately ordered to hoist a white flag with a large black letter in the middle.
When the clipper ship approached, he informed the Zhuyin ship to follow it.
In this way, the two ships first merged with a fleet composed of a Galen warship and a clipper ship, and finally sailed separately, bypassing from the west of Jeju Island to the east, and sailing towards Jeju Port.
After entering the port, the Zhuyin Ship was taken to a remote trestle.
The people on the ship were taken into custody by the Ming army on the shore.
Yamauchi Nobumasa was taken alone to his original residence in Jeju City.
What followed was a few days of waiting.
Two days after Nobumasa Yamauchi arrived in Jeju, Zhao Lie's huge fleet returned to Jeju.
He brought back all the Galen ships and more than 30 Chinese-style ships, and brought all the personnel and baggage of the shipyard, craftsman camp and salt field to Jeju. , and it took another week of hard work to arrange the personnel and materials.
Jeju Island's craftsmen's camp, shipyards, and salt fields began to operate.
The Galen merchant ship and the Chinese fleet once again turned back to transport Shidao Liao people.
This winter, they must complete the transportation of nearly 100,000 refugees.
It is a real race against time.
As the war was approaching, all warships were overhauled in the shipyard, and some of the warships that were about to be scrapped were replaced.
The armor, muskets, propellants, bows, crossbows, swords and guns on the ship were comprehensively renovated, and damaged ones were refurbished and distributed.
At the same time, there are many reserves of masts, sails, planks, etc. on the ship.
After all, in large-scale naval battles, ship damage is inevitable, so it is necessary to be prepared.
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Zhao Lie also ordered more than twenty clipper ships to go out and patrol the Sea of Japan with all their strength to prevent sneak attacks by the shogunate navy.
The Japanese were always prone to sneak attacks and had to be on guard against them.
At the same time, Zhao Lie ordered the infantry and cavalry of the Polu Army to prepare for the war with all their strength, and divided them into two parts: the northern theater of Jeju and the southern theater.
Huang Lie was in charge of the northern theater, and the southern theater was in charge of Han Jian, who was stationed in Daejing.
He formulated multiple plans to guard against Japanese pirates.
As soon as he landed in Jeju for the final decisive battle, of course this was the final filing, and Zhao Lie still hoped to annihilate the enemy at sea.
To be continued. .
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