Yang Fan's Great White Fleet sailed on the sea at lightning speed.
This time we returned, the weather was very good and the sea was calm. It was not that far from Nagasaki to Beitangkou in Tianjin, it only took one day and one night.
Now Yang Fan's clipper boats have all been manufactured in Jeju Island.
North Korea has great objections, but they dare not drive away Yang Fan's troops. After all, it can be handled vaguely now. If a fight really breaks out and Dingyuanhou wants to restore Ming Dynasty's rule over Jeju Island, they will be dumbfounded.
After all, until the end of the Ming Dynasty, North Korea said it was under escrow, but they dared not say that Jeju Island was their territory. This was an act of seeking death. I really thought that the Ming Dynasty was a fool.
Yang Fan and his wife had a big meal at noon. The road was bumpy and hard. Starting from Vladivostok, they stayed at sea for several days. Although they repaired for a few days in Nagasaki, they still felt quite tired after this half-year expedition.
After lunch, the family sat on the terrace, drinking black tea and looking at the sea view. The cruiser in the distance was guarding the flanks, leaving a very beautiful silhouette.
The ladies all like these large white boats with graceful lines, especially when taking a bath. In the huge cat-foot bathtub, besides Yang Fan and his ladies, there are the latest ship models floating on the water.
According to Yang Fan's requirements, a scale model must be made first before building a ship.
When the ship is launched, one scale model will be kept in the shipyard for archiving, and the other will be sent to the master. Now there are dozens of models in Yang Fan's study in Xincheng.
When taking a bath, the ladies like to push these battleship models floating on the water and play with them while asking Yang Fan about their performance and features. Only Lin Yueru plays with it as he has for thousands of years, pushing the plastic big yellow duck on the water.
She was looked down upon by the little girl and called her childish.
Lin Yueru ignored her and pinched it with her slender white fingers.
Let the duck quack, and then she would giggle. She was indescribably happy.
She wants to make up for her childhood. Who asked her to marry a husband who dotes on her?
Yang Fan and Ge You were slumped on the wicker chair, enjoying the warm sea breeze, very comfortable. The ladies would not look like him. They all sat elegantly, holding bowls and sipping the best black tea. Occasionally, they used their delicate jade fingers to
Grab a piece of tea and eat it.
On this boat, the cookies baked by the chef were very well received by the ladies. There were also dates, pistachios, durian cakes and other nuts and sweets on the plate.
Yang Fan suddenly remembered something and asked: "By the way, the armor in the early Ming Dynasty was not cloth armor, right? I remember that it was the same as the previous generation, it was Mingguang armor."
Tu Shanyue smiled and said, "I know quite a lot about this. It's true that cloth face armor doesn't have a long history."
Lin Yueru put down the bowl, signaled the maid to add water, and then said: "Cloth armor is garbage armor. The reason why it became popular is entirely because after the Jiajing Dynasty, the imperial court completely gave up on treating the corruption problem of the border troops. That year the Ningxia Mutiny
After killing the governor, nothing happened. The local commanders and battalion leaders wanted to express their dissatisfaction with the central government and embarrass the Ministry of War. Instigating pay riots and mutinies became a routine operation."
This was the first time Yang Fan heard that cloth face armor was adopted because of corruption. This idea was very novel. He sat up immediately.
"Doesn't cloth armor cost more materials? At least a layer of cloth must be added on top. Why is it just for greed?" Yang Fan couldn't understand.
Tu Shanyue smiled and said: "Although I have served as the admiral of the capital camp, military affairs minister, but after all, I have not experienced that era. So it is normal that I don't understand."
Tu Shanyue put down the tea bowl and continued: "For imperial envoys, generals, etc. who are ordered to inspect the army, an important indicator to examine the management level of the army and the status of the soldiers is to check the degree of rust of the armor."
"Whenever there is news that an imperial envoy or a general is going to inspect the three armies, it is a moment of excitement in the military camp below. The soldiers need to take apart their armor and polish each armor leaf with sand. If there is an inspection,
At that time, the superior officer discovered that the armor plates were rusty and were meant to be beaten with military sticks. This is not what I said. General Qi Jiguang clearly wrote it in his military book that the purpose of using cloth-faced armor was to get through."
Yang Fan has his own way of leading troops, and the same goes for Prince Zhang. They can lead how they want, but if they can win the battle, they would have been impeached long ago.
Yang Fan knew in his heart that cleaning armor was really a hard job.
A set of armor worn by soldiers is about 800 pieces, and the general's armor has more than 2,700 pieces for flexibility. If it were fish scale armor, it would be even more terrifying, and a human would be crazy.
Each piece needs to be re-polished, and any damaged ones need to be replaced.
This is life-threatening. Can't you finish this work in a month?
It's really a mouthful at the top, but a tired and broken leg at the bottom.
Chainmail is relatively better, but rubbing it with sand is also physical work. Yang Fan gets a headache just thinking about it. Is rust so easy to remove?
He had worked on a construction site and knew what was going on. Steel materials needed to be rusted, and even a small piece had to be polished with power tools for a long time. Under the conditions of Ming Dynasty, using sand to remove rust is really crazy just thinking about it.
Yang Fan said helplessly: "If you put a layer of cloth on it, you don't need to maintain it. Shangguan can't see it anyway."
Tu Shanyue scolded: "Humph, these grandsons are so smart. There is no need to replace the armor plates when they are broken. The money allocated by the court to maintain the armor is also wasted. It is said that the Ming army will lose weight as soon as it goes into battle. The armor that is issued,
The armor plates inside the cloth are all rotten, and there are still many missing parts, so it wouldn’t matter if they were used in battle.”
Lin Yueru also said angrily: "These black-hearted people, especially those dog officials in the Ministry of Industry, normally every armor leaf needs to be polished on both sides. Then it is painted with lacquer and black for anti-corrosion. With a layer of cloth, let
The blacksmith can hit it, just make it a square shape. It doesn't matter how badly it is made, it can't be seen anyway. How much money will be left? But the armor leaves are not strong, how can they stop swords and guns?"
Tu Shanyue said: "Sir, let me tell you a joke. Did you know that the armor blades of the Ming Dynasty's frontier troops were not all made by the Ming Dynasty? I went down to inspect them when I was in Dongchang. I took apart ten pairs of armors and took a look.
It turned out that the earliest armor leaves were from the Tang Dynasty, and there were also many from the Song Dynasty, which were mixed with those from the Ming Dynasty. The specifications and shapes of the individual armor leaves did not match, and they were all forcibly connected."
Yang Fan covered his face. No wonder the border army lost the battle. This is it. How could he not lose the battle? Fortunately, his troops all used hydraulically stamped plate armor. It was light, easy to use, and had very strong protective power.
In fact, there is nothing we can do about it. In ancient times, iron production was low, and the leaves were reluctant to throw away as long as they could still be used. But it was just passed down.
At this time, Xu Xiu walked over with long legs, a navy uniform with stockings and a short skirt, and ten-centimeter high heels. For a moment, Yang Fan felt like he was out of time and space.
"Sir, there is a telegram from Beitangkou. The Sauron Infantry Regiment has landed and is currently located in the immigrant camp east of the shipyard. We will arrive at Beitangkou tomorrow morning. The shipyard is supplying them with supplies. Together we can set off on the same day."
Yang Fan nodded with satisfaction. This time he brought a regiment of Saurons to go head-to-head with the Qing army. Now, the tanks were in place. In the time and space of the Ming Dynasty, a wonderful battle between German armored forces and Polish Hussars was staged.
