The day before, the generals and officials at all levels of the Beiyang Army worked hard for half a night, and the next morning, officials at all levels of the military office gathered together again.

The number of ships required for the Eastern Expedition was not as much as Heiyunlong said, but they did need many ships, at least four hundred, and they were sea ships.

The young head of the Beiyang Branch of the Ministry of War also had a headache about this matter.

"Reporting to the fact that Chen Shuai, it is not difficult to recruit 400 ships from the people. The difficulty lies in recruiting 400 sea boats. Most of the coasts in our northern coasts are fishing boats. Even if they go out to sea, they only sail along the coast. There are very few sea boats. In previous years, the imperial court used ships, and if they needed twenty or thirty ships, they would be transferred to Nanshi ships, and if they needed fifty or sixty, they would be transferred to Fujian ships. At this time, the Beiyang had to transfer 400 ships, and they were all large ships. I am afraid that even if they were connected to Guangdong, it would not be enough."

"If the ship is forced to be transferred, the people below will intend to please him, even if the ship is transferred to a sufficient number, it may not be suitable."

Chen Mu knew what Wang Yingjiao said very well. In addition to the prosperous maritime merchants and coastal navy, there were no other sea boats in the Ming Dynasty. Ordinary people used ships just flat-bottomed civilian ships, and they could not resist the strong winds and waves on the sea.

"No hurry, this ship is not enough at the beginning. As long as the minion can ask the Ministry of War to transfer hundreds of ships, it will be enough."

"Hundreds?"

Wang Yingjiao's originally embarrassed expression calmed down slightly and said cautiously: "If you only have hundreds of ships, the subordinates will be instructed as many times!"

Chen Mu had his own plan, recruited hundreds of sea ships from the imperial court, and then borrowed more than a hundred sea ships from Xingsheng merchants in Fujian, Guanghe, and collected 200, and then transferred a Dingjia warship and its fleet to each of the coastal provinces to gather the sea ships needed for the eastern expedition.

As long as you gather enough ships needed to recruit troops from the first phase of Beiyang to China Eastern Airlines, it will be much easier to say about the second batch of ships that set sail.

"To Fujian and Guangxi, the Nanyang shipyards ordered them to rush to build a batch of lucky ships, and the Dongyang Military Office will buy them according to the market price. By the way, Lin Daoqian from Tangmin Island also asked him to build some ships, and the problem of the second fleet will be solved." Chen Mu said as he bowed to Ye Mengxiong, the head of the Ministry of Revenue, and said, "If these things are about to take Chen's departure, Ye Gong will have to worry more."

Ye Mengxiong bowed and nodded, saying, "The rice and grain required for the eastern expedition are very large. Now it has been purchased from major grain merchants in Zhili, north. It is not difficult to collect the first batch of military funds. In the future, we will also purchase jerky meat, dried fish, tea and other military funds. During the march, we can also follow the example of Yongle Times fleet voyages to the West and launch bean sprouts on the ship for the soldiers to eat."

"Spray bean sprouts?"

Chen Mu nodded slowly and said, "I know that when I am in the South China Sea, soldiers often feel greedy and send some bean sprouts on the boat to eat. However, China Eastern Airlines is not as good as the South China Sea and the West. It is more sailing there, less offshore, and can replenish fresh water when you dock when you dock, but China Eastern Airlines is different."

"China Eastern Airlines has fewer docking times and more offshore. If there is not enough fresh water, you must sail to find land. However, the following seasons in the north are mostly frozen ice fields. It is more difficult to produce bean sprouts on the sea than on the land. It only takes three or four days on the land, but it takes seven or eight days on the sea. Although the fresh water consumed is not much, it can make people live when necessary."

"But the first half of the journey, from Dagukou to the 4,000-mile and 100-home office, soldiers can spawn bean sprouts on the ship, and the supply along the way is quite stable."

After Chen Mugang said this, Zhao Shizhen on the other side took out a letter from his cuff and handed it to Chen Mu: "Shuai Chen, this is a letter sent by the Nanyang Guard Weapon Bureau of Beijing Yunli this year. He also sent several cannons to Beiyang. It seemed to be sample cannons, and the cannons had been shipped into the warehouse."

"Oh? A sample cannon?"

Chen Mu received the letter, which was sent by Guan Zun, a squad of the Nanyang Military Arts Bureau. In the letter, he said that the casting process of General Zhenshuo's artillery has now matured. The weapons scientists in the Navy's Martial Arts Hall have used the prototype of General Zhenshuo's artillery and referenced the types of Portuguese and Western artillery to further manufacture several types of artillery suitable for different battles. Through this Beijing Transportation, several types of artillery were sent to Beiyang and asked him to check it out.

At the end of the letter, Guan Zunban carefully mentioned that the Navy Lecture Hall changed the gun specifications left by Chen Mu, which were based on the weight of the shells, and instead determined the shape based on parameters such as the width of the barrel, which was more detailed.

The corners of Chen Mu's mouth, who was watching the letter, raised up... Chen's poison is getting less and less!

Among the artillery species sent by the Nanyang Military Arts Bureau this time, there are naturally a ship-used General Zhenshuo long cannon with a larger caliber. This is actually not changed compared to the previous artillery. However, because of its long diameter, it is called a long cannon. The corresponding one is naturally a ship-used General Zhenshuo short cannon.

In addition, the Franco-mechanization was not changed by the Ming Empire. The ships used Franco-type General Zhenshuo guns, which had a larger caliber than the long cannon of the same weight. The original intention of the design of this general cannon was to quickly and produce a large number of sparse numbers.

In the design of Lu Tong, the naval martial arts lecture hall, the ship-purpose Franco-plane should be placed in large quantities on the upper deck, spitting out sprinklers during close combat, and killing the enemy ships and naval forces.

"This reminded me that I would send this letter and sample artillery to the Beiyang Military Arts Bureau. First, let the Military Arts Bureau imitate a batch, and then send the imitation sample artillery to Xuanfu, so that the Xuanfu Military Arts Bureau can design it accordingly and formulate the standards for future army artillery."

Although Ye Mengxiong is the head of some departments of the Huzhou Bureau, this does not prevent him from having a concern for military affairs. He asked Chen Mu: "Ship Chen, our ship may not have an advantage over the Western-style large ships. This time, China Eastern Airlines expects that there are only dozens of shark ships in the fleet, which is neither more than more ships nor larger than ships... What should we do if a war occurs?"

"I've thought about it."

Chen Mu asked Ye Mengxiong to sit down first, and then said: "In a short time, there will be no time for all places to build larger ships, and we will no longer wait for the new ships to be built in Beiyang. That will happen at least next year."

"On the one hand, let each shipyard prepare to build larger shark ships first. At least two thousand shark ships should be used as the main gunboats, load more artillery, and strengthen the thickness of the shipboard; strive to have thirty such large ships heading to Yamelica next year."

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"The ship's large may not work. Although the ship's ship's ship shape has not developed to a greater extent in the past two years, the ship's gun has been replaced many times, and heavier artillery can still threaten the ability of their giant ships. Even if the war is absolutely necessary, as long as they do not assemble more than ten large warships like this, we will not be at a disadvantage."

When you land in America, you will be competing for the heroes.

England, France, Spain, Portugal, and other countries all seized territory on the New World, established ports and commercial stations, and set up fortresses after fortress.

Chen Mu recalled the selected landing coast on the sand table, and the joy that was hard to hide appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The Ming Dynasty will also occupy a place there!
Chapter completed!