Chapter 342: The Qing Dynasty built ships and cannons
"The two sides fought for a while, and the soldiers and horses of the Sauron tribe and the Oroqen tribe suffered a small loss!"
"Sauron, the Oroqen tribes also discovered many tribal ruins that were slaughtered by the Rakshasa people!"
"And they also discovered a Rakshasa castle in the upper reaches of Heilongjiang!"
"The Rakshasa people purchased furs there, reclaimed the land, and even moved the boundary markers towards our Qing side."
After Sony finished speaking, even Sony himself was not very interested in this topic.
Although the area outside the Pass was the ancestral land for the Manchus, the only areas to the south that the Manchus really cared about were Liaodong, Liaoxi, and Liaonan.
The land further north was considered a bitter and cold place for the Manchus!
Apart from catching Jurchens there and replenishing the population of Manchuria, there is no other value.
Especially since we are still in the Little Ice Age, the land outside the Pass north of Liaodong is not suitable for human survival at all.
Only a tough old guy can withstand that environment!
Therefore, even if these senior Manchu and Qing officials heard that the Rakshasa people were invading Qing territory, they did not take it seriously.
Actually, the reason why the Rakshasa people were able to gain a foothold in the north of Heilongjiang was not due to how strong they were in the Far East at this time.
It was because the young men from various tribes outside the Pass, such as Sauron, Oroqen and other tribes, were captured by the Manchus to catch Jurchens and used them to replenish the Manchu population.
To put it bluntly, there are no tigers in the mountains and the monkey is the king!
The tribes outside the customs basically have no men, so the Rakshasa people can become arrogant.
Otherwise, the Rakshasa Formation may not be able to take advantage of those brave and skilled warriors from various tribes outside the pass.
In this regard, Bumbutai just gave instructions casually.
"Send someone to go to the Rakshasa side to hold them accountable and tell them to withdraw from the borders of our Qing Dynasty, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences!"
Sony responded.
Bu Mu Butai emphasized the task of catching Jurchens as soon as possible and replenishing the Zhenghuang flag.
Ao Bai stepped forward to report.
"The Empress Dowager, our Qing Dynasty's war situation in the south this year has been going smoothly!"
"King Pingnan took back Macau and Leizhou Peninsula, and also put down the rebels in Nan'ao!"
"King Jingnan took Xiamen!"
"We, the Qing Dynasty, once again drove the Ming thieves completely into the sea!"
"Moreover, Shi Lang and Duolong are also preparing to attack Zhoushan. I believe this battle will be successful!"
Bumubutai nodded and said.
"If we win this battle, the emperor and the Ai family will not hesitate to reward you!"
"It's not impossible to grant Shi Lang the title of Marquis!"
The Qing Dynasty suffered a defeat in the Shan State and lost two thousand Zhenghuang Banner Manchu soldiers, which was a huge loss of face.
For the sake of the court’s face, the Qing Dynasty had to make amends elsewhere!
For example, the Ming army in Zhoushan was wiped out and Jiangnan was completely pacified.
When it came to choosing the leader of the army, Bumbutai chose Shi Lang without any hesitation.
Because the Manchus were not good at water fighting, they could not even adapt to the sea environment.
The navy of the Qing Dynasty could only use Han people, such as surrendered generals like Shi Lang.
At most, Manchu generals like Duolong played a role in supervising the war and gained some credit in the war.
To direct the battle, Shi Langlai still has to do it!
Obai then spoke again.
"Reporting to the Queen Mother, there is one more thing that I need to report!"
Bumbutai picked up the ginseng tea and took a sip. A warm current flowed into her stomach, soothing the expression on her face, and she asked.
"What's the matter?"
Obai said.
"It's a matter at Longjiang Shipyard!"
"My shipwrights here in the Qing Dynasty have all the ship materials in place, but there has been no news from the shipwrights that the Dutch promised to send."
"At the current Longjiang Shipyard, only our shipwrights from the Qing Dynasty and those from England are working!"
Bumbutai frowned, and then asked.
"Where's that Dutchman named Vanderlaan?"
"Didn't he give me an explanation?"
Oboi shook his head and said.
"Vander Laan said he couldn't contact the Batavia headquarters either!"
"The messengers sent several times before and after were like mud cows drowning in the sea, and there was no news at all."
Bumbutai sneered and said with an unattractive expression on his old face.
"These Westerners are really people without kings, fathers, faithlessness and righteousness!"
"It's just that if the Dutch break the contract, won't the reconstruction of our navy in the Qing Dynasty be delayed?"
Ao Bai thought to himself that was not the case, but because he was afraid of being held accountable by Bum Butai, he said so.
"Not at all!"
"The English can also build the large ships of the Westerners. We in the Qing Dynasty have countless skilled craftsmen. As long as someone teaches them and they study for a period of time, they can start building them themselves."
Bumbutai nodded, quite satisfied, but she remembered it again.
In a naval battle, ships alone are not enough, you also need cannons!
Only with ships and cannons can you build a powerful navy that is good at fighting!
However, since the Bugarao artillery factory in Macau was taken over by the Ming Dynasty, if the Qing government wanted artillery, it could only make its own artillery.
"How's it going at the Jingshan Artillery Factory?"
"Will transferring foreign monks like Tang Ruowang and Nan Huairen to shipbuilding have any impact on Jingshan Gun Factory?"
The shipwrights promised by the Dutch failed to arrive, so the Qing government had no choice but to find a way on its own, except recruiting shipwrights from all over the country and receiving assistance from the British.
The Qing court set its sights on those missionaries who came to China!
Since China in this era was still a celestial dynasty, its thousands of years of golden signs had a strong deterrent effect.
Therefore, the missionaries of this era all have some real abilities.
If they want to preach, these things are stepping stones.
It’s not like after one duck and two ducks, the Qing Dynasty’s national dignity was lost, and missionaries no longer had any scruples about preaching.
From being a truly knowledgeable person, he became synonymous with garbage and scum.
Anyway, as long as they do it in the name of missionary work, even if they do something outrageous and evil in China, their respective countries will protect them.
The Qing court did not dare to really offend these foreign adults!
Otherwise, where did so many lesson plans in the late Qing Dynasty come from?
And before the end of the Qing Dynasty, no matter in the Ming or Qing dynasties, why were there no lesson plans at all?!
Ye Bilong opened his mouth and answered.
"As far as the Empress Dowager is concerned, the Jingshan Gun Factory is working hard to manufacture naval guns for use on Xiyi's ships."
"The shape of the gun on the Western Yi ship is no different from the red cannon, so it's not difficult to build it!"
The level of firearms of the Qing court during this era was actually not as bad as that of the West.
All kinds of artillery of the Qing court have also experienced the test of war!
Especially in the application of artillery, the Qing court was even better than the West.
You know, it was not until the Napoleonic Wars that Europe saw the centralized use of artillery on the battlefield.
However, the Qing government began to use artillery intensively as early as the Later Jin Dynasty, when it fought with the Ming army in Liaodong.
They even figured out the tactics of various coordinated infantry, artillery and cavalry operations.
To sum it up briefly, after the artillery bombards the infantry, the infantry charges, and after the infantry charges the artillery bombards them, after the enemy collapses, the cavalry finishes!
The tactics are very simple, but the most basic coordination tactics of infantry, artillery and cavalry are just like this, and there are no bells and whistles as imagined!
Tactics don't have to be too difficult, as being too fancy will make it difficult to use. It's actually better to be simple and crude.
In the same way, the tactics of queuing to shoot and bayonet charge used by the British lobster soldiers across the world are equally simple.
Although the Qing army was quite weak in terms of navy.
But in land warfare, the Eight Banners Green Camp Military Group of the Qing Army in this era can definitely be regarded as the ceiling of force on Blue Star at the same time!