Why can't other generals go on the expedition instead?
It is because at the strategic level and even the political level, this battle to conquer Japan, no, it should be said to be the "Special Military Operation to Save Japan" is extremely important.
It's not just because Japan's 400,000 warriors are the best cannon fodder for Ming Dynasty to colonize Africa and even in the future battle for hegemony.
It was because interrupting the rise of Japan and then incorporating it into the Ming Dynasty was necessary for the Ming Dynasty to rule the Pacific.
After all, there can only be one strong player in the Pacific, and that is the Ming Dynasty. Japan... is already a thing of the past.
Well, the same will be true for the United States in the future.
In terms of specific tactics, Emperor Zhu Da had no idea of participating.
Perhaps Emperor Zhu Da showed his military talents in the expedition to Araucania and France, but in fact he knew better than anyone else that his victory was entirely based on military technology.
It feels good to be overwhelmed by technology for a while, and it feels good to be overwhelmed all the time.
If the technical levels of both sides are similar, if Emperor Zhu Da is really asked to lead the troops, there is a high probability that he will be at the level of a half-dead battalion commander.
Of course, one cannot belittle oneself. After all, Emperor Zhu Da is living in the 21st century with the explosion of consulting. He does not just read Korean comics and pornographic books and island country action movies all day long. Occasionally, he also cultivates his sentiments and watches some military battles.
History and stuff like that.
Although I can't say that I am familiar with military books, I do have some understanding of modern warfare.
So in the past few years, he has been unswervingly following his own path - a path that has been proven successful by bloody experience in another world.
Magazine rifles, machine guns, breech-loaded cannons, air strikes from airships, rudimentary armored vehicles on the ground, and now tanks, all were cheated by Emperor Zhu Da with his direct participation and support. Let him cheat.
The Ming Dynasty maintained its leading edge in military technology, which was the core task that Emperor Zhu Da had always considered.
However, people who do not have long-term concerns must have short-term worries. Although the Ming Dynasty is leading in military technology, Emperor Zhu Da still has a clear understanding of his own weaknesses. After all, the Ming Army's army was only established for more than ten years, even in the past thirteen years
In 1999, by introducing military experts from Prussia and other countries, a modern army was established based on military education. However, this army was still lacking in experience.
To make up for the lack of experience, one is to practice new tactics through a large number of exercises, and the other is of course the influence of war.
Therefore, in terms of tactics, Emperor Zhu Da would not participate and left it to his subordinates to execute. However, he had to personally control strategic and political work.
Occupy Japan.
How can we say it is occupation? It is clearly about saving. Saving the Japanese people from the dire straits of the civil war.
Must remember.
But no matter what the action is, this is by no means the first step for Ming Dynasty to return to East Asia. It should be said to be the first step for Ming Dynasty to conquer the world!
So you can never make a mistake.
Therefore, after five years, Emperor Zhu Da once again went on a personal expedition.
Although the Ming Dynasty's naval fleet was not large in scale, it was divided into two main fleets - the Pacific Fleet and the Atlantic Fleet, with at most an African Squadron and an East Asia Squadron.
Facing such a vast sea area of activity, the Ming Dynasty only had six main ships - two "Friendship" class ships and four Nanhua class ships, two British-made "Tianlong class" ships and two self-made Shanxi class ships. Although it was the Ming Dynasty Navy
Although the founding ship has powerful firepower, its performance lags behind the times and has withdrawn from the main force position.
The current main cruisers of the Navy are four new "Linhai-class" cruisers. The "Linhai-class" with a displacement of 5,000 tons can be regarded as a miniaturized "Nanhua-class", with an inclined turret, an angled bow, a central ironclad fort, and a main ship.
This structure is basically the same as the "Nanhua-class", with two twin Krug 254mm turrets as the main gun, six 120mm caliber secondary guns, six 30mm automatic Gatling guns, plus five 400mm
mm torpedo launch tubes give it extremely strong combat effectiveness, and the 200 mm waterline armor belt makes it as good as a combat ship.
In the World Naval Yearbook of 1873, it was called a "second-class ironclad", but in the Ming Dynasty's naval sequence, it was a cruiser. The reason for this is because it is actually equipped with the same power as the Nanhua class - two
The advanced triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine has a super power of 10,000 horsepower, allowing it to reach a design speed of 19 knots, and during public trials, its maximum speed reached 20 knots under forced ventilation.
"This is the "Linhai Class"!"
In the military port near the sea, standing on the bridge of the Linhai, Emperor Zhu Da said with emotion.
"Those who can run faster than him are not as powerful as his artillery, and those who are more powerful than his artillery can't run as fast as him..."
When Emperor Zhu Da said these words, the corners of his lips slightly raised. In fact, when designing the "Linhai-class" armored cruiser, Emperor Zhu Da directly participated in the design. Considering that the scale of the Ming Dynasty's navy was limited, compared with
Cruisers, he prefers battleships. After all, battleships play a leading role in the main decisive battle. However, Ming Dynasty's extensive interests in North America, the Pacific and Africa require that Ming Dynasty must have a cruiser with strong seaworthiness and high speed.
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Faced with two completely different requirements, Emperor Zhu directly drew on the experience of later generations and came up with the concept of "battlecruiser".
Compared with battleships, it has sub-class armor and artillery, but it has power equivalent to that of battleships, or even higher power. Because they have little experience, the engineers of Nanhua Shipyard directly came up with the "Nanhua Class" after thorough research.
After all, the design of the Nanhua class is a 254mm main gun. All that is needed is to thin the armor and enhance the seaworthiness, which basically meets the requirements.
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. www. Android and Apple are available.]
Finally, the "Linhai-class" armored cruiser was born. As soon as it hit the water, it immediately attracted the attention of various countries. Russia took the lead in ordering two ships, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire has also shown strong interest in this unique performance.
All countries are really interested in warships. After all, their armor and artillery are very powerful.
Now the "Linhai" has become the ship of Emperor Zhu Da. Because of the "Nanhua", "Zhenyuan" and other battleships sailed to Ryukyu last year, the current capital ships of the Pacific Fleet except for one "Union"
", there were only the "Linhai" and the sister ship "Taiyuan" of the same class. Although the "Union" was larger in tonnage, Emperor Zhu Da decided to support domestic products - using the "Linhai" as the royal ship.
"Your Majesty, the fleet can set off at any time."
Standing beside His Majesty, Li Fengzhi, the naval colonel who once brought Ryukyu back to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty with a training ship, is the deputy commander of the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Dynasty. He will be in charge of Emperor Zhu Da's trip to Japan.
"Um!"
Nodding slightly, Emperor Zhu Da said.
"lets go!"
Following the order of Emperor Zhu Da, the armored cruisers "Linhai" and "Taiyuan" and the equally cutting-edge protected cruisers "Taishan" and "Nanhai" as well as the immigration ships "Anping" and "Chengde"
Then we weighed anchor. As the two warships slowly sailed out of Linhai, salutes from the Linhai Fortress roared to see off His Majesty the Emperor and the expeditionary force...
This chapter has been completed!