The flagship Taiping, the first fleet of the Ming Navy, is a huge five-layer warship. Although it is only two layers taller than the main battleship of the Navy, its entire body is three times the size of a three-layer warship. In front of it, ordinary warships are like toys.

Although such a giant has strong firepower in naval battles, his flexibility is also a big problem, so it can only exist as a flagship, and there will always be several escort warships around him.

However, after replacing the steam power, his power was one in the sky and one underground compared to the past. The ordinary third-layer warship was only equipped with a steam engine, while the Taiping had three. Now its speed and full force were running, it was much faster than the third-layer warship. In addition to the still large turning radius, its shortcomings were being covered by powerful power. Ning Zeyuan even asserted that in the future, the fifth-layer warship would become the main force of the entire navy.

Since the Taiping modification was completed, Ning Zeyuan, who got the new toy, has been soaking at sea. While adapting to the performance of the new warship, he has been constantly developing new maritime tactics.

The firepower of Taiping is now extremely terrifying. On the first deck, in addition to the two huge main guns on the front and rear decks, forty-eight guns were installed on both sides. The higher the ups, the number of guns began to gradually decrease. Sixteen on the second deck, ten on the third deck, eight on the fourth deck, and four on the fifth deck. The entire Taiping was equipped with 124 guns. When one side fired, the shocking effect brought by the Ming Navy was stunned.

So far, the modification of the entire Ming Navy First Fleet has been completed. In addition to the flagship Taiping, five other main warships have also been modified at the Baoqing Shipyard and Huludao Shipyard day and night. This period was the busiest moment for the officers and soldiers of the First Fleet Navy. Each ship sailed out of the ship without docking and would immediately start sea trials, and all the officials of the First Fleet began to rotate and practice to minimize the soldiers' adaptation time.

The most difficult thing in modifying a warship is the modification of power, while the installation of a firearm is a simple thing. When the first ship is completed, the rest is repeated work.

The modified warship looks far less powerful than before, from the outside. The originally towering masts are gone, and the sails naturally do not exist. Those domineering thunder fires and trenchers are even more missing. Only when he opens the cannon door and one cannon reveals their hideous muzzles from the side will it make him feel scared.

Ning Zeyuan stood on the command tower with great enthusiasm, and watched the Ming Dynasty slowly enter the port and stopped. Behind him, the other five main warships also entered the port one by one and set anchor. The naval officials of the First Fleet were all experienced veterans, and they adapted to the new things in their hands faster.

The biggest change is the control of the warship and the control of speed and firepower. During this period, Ning Zeyuan was not stingy with the precious artillery shells at all, and led his troops to conduct rounds of full-fire exercises at sea. This time, he went out to sea for ten days. What satisfied Ning Zeyuan was that everyone had basically mastered the full performance of the new warship.

Or various problems may still be exposed during combat, but these problems can only be solved after they are truly encountered. A new thing will always encounter various problems. Ning Zeyuan has a personal experience of this. When the fifth-layer warship was first launched, problems emerged one after another, but in the end, they were overcome one by one.

When he arrived at the dock, Zhou Yangmen who was staying on Huludao rushed over and whispered: "Commander, Zhang's Ministry of War has arrived in Huludao."

"Why did the Ministry of War come suddenly?" Ning Zeyuan was a little surprised. He was the commander of the Navy, but he also served as the Minister of the Ministry of War. The kitten's movements would usually notify him in advance.

"Not only has the Ministry of War Zhang come, there are two thousand soldiers and horses, one thousand of which are eagles and falcons, and one thousand are special forces directly under the Ministry of War." Zhou Yang continued.

Ning Zeyuan was shocked. It was extremely rare to dispatch special brigades directly under the Ministry of War. The Hawks are directly under the Ministry of State Security. They have arrived here, and there are 1,000 people. You know, there are not many Hawks in the entire Hawks, and some of them are distributed in various prefectures and counties. One thousand Hawks are afraid that they have taken time to all the Hawks in the National Security Headquarters.

"Where is the Ministry of War now?"

"I'm talking to Lord Wu and Lord Qiu in the conference hall." Zhou Yang said: "It looks quite good."

Ning Zeyuan pondered for a moment: "I'm afraid I'm going to attack Manila, but it's not going to be where Lei Wei is."

"If Luo Yishui and the others had caused trouble, Lei Wei would not have defeated the war to what he is now?" Zhou Yang said a little resentful, with his one-eye shining brightly. Lei Wei fell into a quagmire in that sea area, and now he was in a dilemma.

"We all have our own demands. Luo Yishui and others are not our Ming people, so we naturally cannot expect them to think about the Ming Dynasty." Ning Zeyuan looked back at the ships anchored in the port, "So, we still need to solve the problem ourselves. General Zhou, it seems that our new warships have already been used, and we just take these island monkeys to train their hands to see if there are still hidden problems that have not been discovered."

Zhou Yang looked at the modified warships enviously, "When will our Second Fleet change the clothes?"

"When the first fleet is completed, it will naturally be your turn. You also know that we need to concentrate our efforts to defeat possible invaders!" Ning Zeyuan smiled and patted his shoulder, "Let's go, let's meet Zhang Wenmen together."

Yu Cong and Qiu Dongye looked even thinner, especially Qiu Dongye. They are tall and have a large skeleton. They now look more like a layer of bones covered with human skin. They wear an official uniform and look empty. The appearance of the two really surprised Zhang Xiaomao and was even more worried.

"Mr. Yu, Lord Qiu, you two are my treasures of the Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty has always been concerned about you. This time I came, Your Majesty also specially selected some gifts for me to bring to you. You must take care of yourself. There are many things you don't need to experience and do for yourself." said the kitten.

Yu Cong laughed: "Don't worry about the Ministry of War Zhang. There is an imperial physician in Huludao. He is the second disciple of Lord Shu Changshu. He has excellent medical skills. He often checks on us. We are in great health and there is absolutely no problem."

"That's it!" Qiudongye said with a smile: "We have met a good time, we are full of energy. Please ask the Ministry of War to thank His Majesty for my kindness on my behalf after returning to Beijing. We are reluctant to die now. We must keep this body and do more for His Majesty for decades!"

"It's fine, it's fine." The kitten looked at the two of them and refused to believe what the two said. He decided to wait until the business was done before going to ask the doctor stationed here.

"What are the difficulties in the modification of warships now?"

"There will always be difficulties, but we will overcome them ourselves. We will ask Your Majesty for help unless it is a problem that we cannot solve ourselves." Qiudongye smiled and said, "But so far, everything has been going well. With more and more modified warships, the craftsmen's craftsmanship is becoming more and more proficient. Next spring, all the main battleships of the First Fleet will be completed."

"That's great." The kitten smiled happily, "In this way, there will be no big deal!"

"What's wrong? Is the war going to start? There are three or two big cats in Qi State. Even if the warships that we have not modified are on the battlefield, they are no match!" Yu Cong said disdainfully.

"Not from Qi." The kitten smiled and pointed to the West: "It is very likely that a large number of enemies came from the west. Lord Yu, their armored warships are."

"Iron-armored warship?" Yu Cong was stunned, "I'm afraid it was just a layer of iron on the wood shell?"

"It's almost the same!"

Qiu and Dongye laughed: "I thought their ships were all made of iron, and they could block my cannon attack with a layer of iron?"

Yu Cong sneered: "Sir Qiu, don't be proud. Wait for me to build a real armored warship, and then see if your artillery is really as powerful as you brag about?"

"If you can float an iron-made warship on the sea, I will kowtow to you and call you grandpa." Qiu Dongye said disdainfully.

Yu Cong was suddenly happy: "Ministry of War, you have to be a witness. Qiu Dongye said this himself. You can't let him repent at that time."

"Of course I don't regret it." Qiu Dongye raised his head.

The kitten coughed dryly: "Master Qiu, I suggest you to regret it, because the idea of ​​the real armored warship was proposed by His Majesty. Didn't Lord Yu Cong go back to the capital for a while? His Majesty discussed a lot with him on this matter, and I also listened to it. If it weren't for the fact that he had been busy renovating warships this year, the research and development of this new type of warship would have been on the agenda."

"Is it your Majesty's proposal?" Qiu Dongye was shocked.

"Natural!" Zhang Xiaomao nodded with a smile.

"I regret it if my surname is Yu." Qiu Dongye jumped up suddenly.

"Shameless!" Yu Cong spat.

"Shad to be shameless, can you bite me?" Qiu Dongye laughed.

For them, Emperor Qin Feng was almost omnipotent. Whether it was building ships or artillery, the advice Qin Feng gave them finally became a reality in their hands. Since the emperor said it was OK, it was naturally OK. There was no doubt about this between the two of them.

Seeing the two officials being cold and cold, Zhang Xiaomao was overjoyed. Although these two seemed to look down on each other, in fact, the relationship between these two was good. If it weren't for the cooperation between them, how could the modification of the First Fleet be so quickly?

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