After arranging the preparations for the war, Yang Fan announced that he would go out on patrol for two months.
According to historical records and the current intelligence analysis of Jiannu, the large-scale operation of Jiannu is estimated to be in November. There is a window period, and Yang Fan plans to go to sea for inspection.
One is to take a look at the construction of Jeju Island, review the naval fleet, and inspect the naval shipyard. In addition, he also plans to go to Vladivostok. It has been under construction for more than a year and see how the situation is there.
Jiannu wanted to enter the customs to cause trouble, and Yang Fan was also prepared to cause some trouble for them behind them. So Yang Fan decided to go to Vladivostok to have a look in person. Contact the savage Jurchens in the Ussuri River Basin, the Sauron people in the northern part of Heilongjiang, the Greater Khingan Mountains and
There are 30,000 households living in the forests of Xiaoxing'anling.
The Tumen River Basin is just to the east of the Jiannu lair. It is very convenient for sneak attacks on their rear.
Now that Mao Wenlong is gone, the slaves are no longer contained. Yang Fan is not going to make things easier for them. Yang Fan plans to let the people in the Vladivostok colony use various living supplies to seduce the savages and let them use the heads of the slaves in exchange for supplies.
These savages are far more savage and fierce than the Jiannu. The Jiannu are also afraid of them. The Jiannu are actually a completely civilized group of people. They can fight mainly because they are in the ascendant period. But these savages are semi-civilized.
Even an uncivilized state.
The control of the slaves over these savages was also very loose. They just appointed some native leaders as officials. As long as there were enough benefits, they would immediately turn their guns and attack the slaves. It just depended on who could afford the price.
Obviously, Huang Taiji would cry to death when he compared supplies with Yang Fan.
As soon as Yang Fan announced that he would go out to sea for inspection, his wife Tuan'er immediately became excited because the master had promised them that he would take them out to sea for fun. It had been postponed because of pregnancy.
Only Lin Yueru and Chen Xi have been to the sea. The rest have no chance to go out. They have long wanted to see the sea.
This time it was a long voyage, and we were at sea for two months.
Chen Xi also came over after hearing the news and asked to join. Her reason was to examine the stability of the steam engine and transmission system. For long-distance voyages, it is best to bring engineers, designers, and maintenance workers.
This reason is very valid, because Yang Fan's fleet has never conducted large-scale formation voyage training. If it really sailed for two consecutive months, it would definitely be possible to see problems with the ships and machines.
At the same time, the training, command and management of the navy are also a severe test. It is a thorough investigation of the navy.
Yang Fan has always planned for the navy to conduct a circumnavigation of the world. After all, he now has a cruiser of more than a thousand tons, with sails, steam engines and propellers. There are also complete nautical charts. Modern meteorological data about this era is also available.
Yang Fan had already built the sextant and navigational clock.
If you want to sail around the world, you must be able to know the precise location of the ship at any time, that is, the longitude and latitude. Coupled with complete nautical charts, some meteorological data of this era and meteorological experts on board, you can basically achieve global sailing.
A long time ago, it has been put into practice to use the coordinates of longitude and latitude to mark any place in the world. Latitude is relatively easy to measure. Through equipment such as a sextant, observe the height of the sun above the horizon at noon.
It can measure relatively accurate angle and distance figures, but the measurement of longitude cannot be measured very accurately.
In 1707, the British fleet ran aground and sank near the Isles of Scilly due to incorrect chart markings, resulting in the entire fleet being wiped out. This tragic accident made the British Admiralty realize the importance of longitude measurement.
In 1714, during the reign of Queen Anne, the British government passed an Act of Parliament offering generous rewards for finding accurate methods of measuring longitude.
With a heavy reward, there must be a breakthrough. The path was quickly found, and the theory is very simple.
The moon is a celestial body moving at high speed relative to the stars, and it rotates once a month. The lunar angular distance can be corrected by comparing the lunar surface with the stars and the time they occur, and then the Greenwich time can be calculated. Knowing the time and local time of Greenwich, you can further
Derive the longitude.
Measuring time accurately requires a clock. This clock is a nautical clock, also called a nautical astronomical clock. Yang Fan has now built it. With these devices, Yang Fan's navy can know the precise position of its ships on the earth at any time.
Now Yang Fan's navy is still a typical yellow water navy. It has not gone to the deep sea. To put it bluntly, it is a navy that was raised in a bathtub. It is different from the fleets that crossed the Atlantic in Europe at this time, and those that crossed the Pacific from South America to Lu
Compared with Song's Spanish galleon fleet, its navigation ability was far behind.
A single clipper ship has only gone as far as the Indonesian Islands to buy spices. Most warships only operate in the Yellow Sea and the eastern part of the East China Sea. They mainly sail between Jeju Island, Nagasaki, Vladivostok, and Beitang Pier.
Yang Fan decided that this winter, in addition to launching an attack on the Tangnu Ulianghai and Zasak Tuhan territories, and the Great Lakes Plain, the navy would also begin to enter the western part of the East China Sea and the South China Sea to carry out the mission of eradicating pirates. First, practice with pirates.
At this time, Yang Fan was sitting cross-legged on the floor of Ningxiang Xiaozhu. In front of him were more than a dozen models of sailing battleships. These models were all accurately made at a ratio of one hundred to one and could be disassembled layer by layer.
.See the structure inside.
Xiao Niangpi, Lin Yueru, Chen Xi, and Mei Xiang were sitting around, playing with the models curiously.
"Master, these ships are so beautiful." Xiao Niangpi picked up a model of a 1,500-ton cruiser and said fondly.
These ship models can be launched into the water. In the past, when Yang Fan and his wife took a bath, Lin Yueru played with a plastic big yellow duck, and Yang Fan would put the newly received ship models in the water to observe their seaworthiness.
Every time a ship is launched, Yang Fan will receive a ship model here. After Yang Fan sees these ship models, he puts them in his study as decorations. So far, he has accumulated more than 30 ships of various sizes.
Yang Fan opened a box and took out a large ship hull with a length of one meter three to four meters. The outside of the ship was painted white and blue, which was very beautiful. Yang Fan installed the mast, locks and sails. Finally, he put
It's on the stand. I'm very satisfied with it.
"Sir, what kind of ship is this? It looks so beautiful and big. It doesn't look like the previous cruisers." Chen Xi asked in amazement. She had never seen such a beautiful and huge sailing ship.
"This is the Royal Clipper cruise ship I bought. It is the largest sailing ship in the world today." Yang Fan said showily. Soon he gained the eyes of the girls at home.
"This time, we formed a fleet, including this cruise ship and six cruisers. There are also two supply ships and two Marine troop carriers. There are eleven ships in total. We will go to sea on this cruise ship. This ship
But it’s very comfortable.”
This chapter has been completed!