After saying that, the cabinet minister explained the comparison of the forces of the imperial court and the Hubao Army.:.../ Xiao, o

"Your Majesty, all the great masters... Although the imperial navy was defeated by the Tiger and Leopard Army two years ago, and lost more than fifty warships. However, compared with all the imperial navy, the navy stationed in Tianjin that year could not be called the main force of the navy..."

"So, the defeat and losses two years ago did not reach the point of being hurt by the imperial navy..."

"According to the latest statistics, all the naval warships in the imperial court have added up to at least 500... And the number of warships in the Tiger and Leopard Army Navy is only about 100 of them..."

"When intercepting the warships used by the Tiger and Leopard Army to smuggle, if the Tiger and Leopard Army naval army dares to provoke the initiative, the court can completely draw the main force of the Navy, fight the Tiger and Leopard Army naval army an annihilation battle, and completely eliminate them on the sea..."

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was immediately moved. He asked the minister with a serious look on his face...

"In other words, if the two armies break out in a naval battle and the victory will eventually be the court, and there will be no accidents..."

"Yes, Your Majesty... The old minister is willing to use his head to guarantee that the imperial navy will definitely win the final victory..."

The minister's answer was full of affirmative answer, like a reassurance, which directly eliminated Chongzhen's last worry.

Then, at the instigation of the minister, Chongzhen, who regained his confidence, decided without thinking: "Since that's the case, I decided to draw the main force of the navy and do my best to intercept the Tiger and Leopard Army warships transporting private salt... If you encounter resistance, you will directly destroy it..."

On the sea not far from the estuary of the Yangtze River, a huge warship with a drainage of more than 1,000 tons is sailing through the wind and waves, slowly heading towards the estuary of the Yangtze River.

As for the source of this warship, there is no doubt that the Tiger and Leopard Army Bohai Navy Fleet was sailed.

At this moment, the warship was transporting 200,000 kilograms of sea salt to the Yangtze River.

As the warships got closer to the estuary of the Yangtze River, hundreds of soldiers on the warships became more and more nervous.

After all, the Yangtze River Estuary is still in the area controlled by the imperial court... It's not good. The entire warship may be ambushed by the imperial navy...

He really drove whatever he was afraid of. Just as the captain led all the officers of the warship to guard the bow of the ship and observe every move in the surrounding waters, the harsh alarm sounded directly on the observation deck.

Then, the sound of the observation whistle reached their ears: "Enemy situation... Three warships appeared in front of us, and were quickly surrounded by us, five miles away..."

"Can you see clearly the other party's identity and size of the warship..." the captain frowned and asked subconsciously.

The captain did not wait too long. The sound of the observation whistle reached the captain's ear again: "It was the imperial navy... The displacement of the three warships exceeded 1,000 tons... and another lucky ship reached 1,500 tons..."

After hearing this, if you still don’t know the purpose of the imperial naval warship, then the major captain Gao Ming would be a big shot.

So, as soon as the observation post was finished, Gao Ming said with a gloomy face: "Three warships in the court were half surrounded by us, and their purpose was very obvious. If we cannot capture us, we will destroy us..."

"If there are more, I won't say much... I will only tell you that before departure, the commander will tell us clearly... when encountering an attack, he will resolutely fight back and expose the reputation of our Tiger and Leopard Army Navy..."

"Now, I order that all the soldiers on the warships be in place and prepare for combat... As long as the three warships of the imperial navy enter the range of the naval guns, fire the gun immediately...especially the two main guns on the deck, try to kill the opponent's lucky ship with the largest displacement in one shot, so that the opponent can taste the power of our new warship in the Tiger and Leopard Army..."

In order to protect his head and to defeat the Navy of the Tiger and Leopard Army, the cabinet minister who once made a fuss in front of Emperor Chongzhen was a hard work.

Among the several major navy masters of the imperial court, he could all take action.

Then, three warships were cruised along the coast of Jiangnan to eliminate all the Tiger and Leopard Army Navy warships entering Jiangnan.

Of course, when the imperial court concentrated all the main forces of the navy and prepared to give the Tiger and Leopard Army a fatal blow. After a year of development, although the number of warships did not increase much, the quality of the warships had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Among all the changes, there are two of them that Wei Zheng used the naval warships that were being built by the Tiger and Leopard Army in advance based on his own memory, and directly advanced the development direction of warships in later generations for more than a hundred years.

On the surface, the warship in front of me is not much different from before...

In fact, this is not the case... because many key parts of the warship in front of us, especially the keels of the warship, are no longer replaced by steel. Even if they cannot be replaced, they are covered with a layer of iron...

If it weren't for the limited steel production of the Tiger and Leopard Army, this meat used a lot of steel warships, which could have directly turned into an iron shell warship...

Of course, even if it did not really become an iron-shelled warship in later generations, the ability of this warship to withstand strikes was more than twice as high... "

An ordinary warship of the same size will be destroyed even if it is not hit by the ammunition depot. As long as the ammunition depot is not hit by the ammunition depot, it will be destroyed. As long as the ammunition depot is not hit by the ammunition depot, it will bear fifty flowering depots, there is no problem...

More importantly, the ammunition depot, which was loaded with a large amount of gunpowder and flowering ammunition, was covered with a thick layer of iron for safety. Ordinary artillery shells could not threaten the safety of the ammunition depot at all.

The warship became stronger, and the recoil that the warship could withstand became stronger.

In this way, the larger the caliber of the ship's gun that can be equipped with.

Compared with the army artillery, the caliber of the naval gun is thicker and the barrel becomes longer...

In this way, the smallest caliber naval gun on the warship exceeded the cannons used by the army in terms of power and range.

The power and range of naval guns have increased, coupled with Wei Zheng’s understanding of later naval forces.

Wei Zheng, who knew the future development direction of the navy, directly set the development and training direction of the navy on artillery attack.

Not only that, because the warship is stronger, two largest caliber guns were arranged on the bow deck of the warship.

Because of the broad vision, in naval battles, in addition to the direct rear blocked by the sails, these two main naval guns can provide powerful naval gun fire support to the other three directions at any time...

As for other naval guns, due to the influence of the sails of the warship, they are still arranged on both sides of the second deck of the warship...

After the captain's order was uploaded on the warship, hundreds of soldiers had not fought for more than a year. They seemed to be suddenly hit by chicken blood, and rushed towards their combat positions with a hot face.
Chapter completed!