If the "Lin Zhengjun" can succeed in its sea trial, it will become a new breakthrough in Huaidong's shipbuilding technology.
The launch of the sea trial is a matter of great importance from the military department to the shipyard and Jinghaihai camp. Although the "Lin Zhengjun" is a civilian ship, a warship will be built on this basis only after the sea trial is successful, but from the escort guards to the shipwrights
, the sailors were all drawn from the Jinghaihai Camp. Craftsmen were also drawn from the shipyard to observe the sailing conditions on the ship. Hu Qiaozhong, son of Hu Zhiyong, served as shipmaster and was responsible for the trial mission of the "Lin Zhengjun".
Navigation in this world mainly relies on experience, and the traditional method is called scene comparison. Most ships must sail according to familiar currents and coastlines in order not to get lost. Astrology is still regarded as an evil method by the orthodox, and only a few in the world
Only the shipwright can master it.
Lin Fu had already established the concepts of longitude and latitude in his mind. What he thought was almost a common sense issue, but for people in the world, it was a profound knowledge that was extremely difficult to master.
The reason why Chen Enze, Hu Qiaozhong and others stand out is not accidental, nor is it because they are close to Lin Fu, but because they are high-level intellectuals in the current army. They have been influenced by Lin Fu the most, and in their respective fields, they are the most outstanding.
He shows a very high level of professionalism; despite his young age, he already has a certain Confucian-general demeanor.
It has only been half a year since the shipbuilding school in Huaidong was officially opened to recruit students. After Lin Fu and Ge Fu changed the crude star-steering plank method to the more accurate vertical moment method, Jinghaihai Camp, including the Heishui Society Shipbuilding Company, was able to guide
The fleet has very few talents for direct sailing in the vast ocean.
In the trial of a new ship type, structural strength is secondary, and the adaptability of the ship to wind and waves is the most important criterion. Lin Fu even required the "Lin Zhengjun" to have the ability to pass through summer hurricane zones. Such a trial mission is not an ordinary one.
People can do it.
Hu Qiaozhong stood at the bow of the ship and led the entire crew to salute Lin Fu and others who were inspecting the launch of the "Lin Zhengjun" for sea trials at the dock, and then gave the order to launch the sea trials.
The huge hull slid slowly from the rails and dipped diagonally into the river, making a huge rolling sound. The waves slowly breaking through the bow of the ship looked like white lotuses in full bloom. People inside and outside the pier and on the other side watching the excitement just had to get into the water.
The shipbuilding was successful, and when I saw the big ship immersed in the river and slowly sailed away from the dock, I cheered loudly, waved, clapped my hands, and was extremely excited.
"Today is the full-moon wine for Mr. Zheng. Please put your affairs aside," Lin Fu asked with a smile, "Will you all follow me across the river now?"
"That's why I should ask for a drink!" Sun Jingxuan, Hu Zhiyong, Ge Siyu and others all responded well and followed Lin Fu by boat to the north bank.
When the boat passed the middle of the river, the "Lin Zhengjun" filled up the sails and headed downstream to the mouth of the river.
"Isn't three months too little?" Ge Siyu stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the "Lin Zhengjun" going down the river, and said worriedly.
The current craftsmen rely more on experience to accumulate technology and are not good at theoretical summaries. Therefore, it may take more than ten years, or even one or two generations, for a general new ship type to finally mature.
Lin Fu gave the "Lin Zhengjun" a trial period of only three months. After three months, the Guanyintan Shipyard will build two more improved giant ships at the same time.
"Maybe three months is a little short, but I still think three months is too long," Lin Fu said something that sounded very contradictory, and turned his head to explain to Ge Siyu, "I will do it today.
Signing a sea ban, authorizing the Jinghai Battalion to attack all unreported sea vessels in the waters south of Changshan Island, how much time does Si Yu think we have?"
"Ah!" Ge Siyu was slightly surprised. He didn't expect that the competition in the East China Sea would kick off today.
"From now on, all ships sailing from Zhejiang and Fujian, not only the warships of the Zhejiang and Fujian navy, but also fishing boats, merchant ships, cargo ships, ferries, etc., will all be the targets of the Jinghaihai camp," Lin Fu said slowly,
"Not only sea targets, but also the docks, shipyards, and docks in the offshore areas of Mingzhou Prefecture, Jin'an Prefecture, and various prefectures in southern Zhejiang will all be targets of the Jinghaihai Camp! The warships of the Jinghaihai Camp will be ferocious wolves.
It’s the evil tiger that forces the Zhejiang and Fujian naval forces to go out to sea and duel with the Jinghai Navy at sea! Mr. Qin and the others are formulating a specific battle plan, and everyone will be able to see it probably tomorrow or the day after tomorrow..."
Ge Siyu concentrated on construction matters. Sun Jingxuan and Hu Zhiyong were not surprised that Lin Fu would sign a sea ban today, kicking off the fight with Zhejiang and Fujian for dominance in the East China Sea.
Zhou Pu and the main force of the Cavalry Battalion were transferred back from Siyang, and Ge Cunxiong and most of the Jinghai Third Water Battalion were transferred back from Shanyang and stationed at the Guanyin Beach line; the four newly built Jinhai-class warships gave priority to supplying the First Water Battalion.
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The First Water Battalion completed the reinforcement of six battalions at full strength before September, and the number of soldiers increased to more than 3,600. Together with the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion, the number of soldiers assembled by Huaidong on the Shengsi Islands reached 10,000 for the first time;
Including supplies, crews, and sailors, the total strength of the Shengsi Islands reached more than 13,000 people.
The Blackwater Shipping Company's fleet will also complete the armed escort establishment before September.
After excluding ships of less than 1,000 dan, the long-sea fleet of the Blackwater Ocean Fleet still maintains a total shipping capacity of about 240,000 dan, divided into four fleets.
After the Guards Battalion of the Infantry Division mobilized elites to Lin Fu to form the Haidong Battalion, it did not receive additional personnel and maintained a four-battalion establishment. This time, Lin Fu was directly incorporated into the Blackwater Shipping Company as an escort. Each fleet
By incorporating a battalion of armored soldiers, the ships belonging to the Blackwater Shipyard will be completely transformed into armed merchant ships.
The Korean navy has frequently appeared in the waters east of Dengzhou. The Heishuiyang Shipping Company, which is responsible for transporting grain directly from Chongzhou to Tianjin, must have enough troops to escort them.
This adaptation of the Blackwater Shipping Company, in addition to adapting merchant ships into armed merchant ships, is more importantly to eliminate slow-speed sea-going ships. In the vast ocean, as long as the grain-carrying sailboats maintain their speed advantage, they want to get rid of
The pursuit of Goryeo naval warships was relatively easy.
In this way, the escort mission of the Jinghai Second Water Battalion is reduced, and part of the main force can be deployed to garrison Jiangmen and become the reserve water battalion force for the Shengsi defense line.
All offshore grain transportation routes from Huaidong to Jiaozhou Bay in Shandong were diverted from Hecheng and Shanyang. The flat-bottomed fishing boats at the Hecheng fishery were all diverted to Dafeng and Yanqing further north.
This ensures that in the waters south of Hecheng and Changshan Island, only the warships of the Jinghaihai Camp and the armed merchant ships of the Blackwater Shipping Company can legally pass through. All other ships in this sea area will be allowed by the Jinghaihai Camp.
Target of attack!
After nearly three months of deployment, Huaidong has adjusted its attack posture on the east coast of Zhejiang and Fujian. Sun Jingxuan and Hu Zhiyong knew that it would only be a few days later if Lin Fu did not sign the sea ban today.
The battle for supremacy in the East China Sea with the She family has begun. Huaidong will launch an all-round attack, forcing the Zhejiang and Fujian Navy to go to sea to fight, consuming its large sea-going ships and affecting its shipbuilding capabilities. After consuming the elite warships of the Zhejiang and Fujian Navy
After the light, no matter how many troops the She family deployed on the eastern front, they would be of no use. However, this was the opportunity for Huaidong to forcibly attack Daishan, Changguo and other islands!
Once the war in the East China Sea begins, Guanyintan Shipyard will mainly focus on building new warships to make up for the war's consumption. However, after the war begins, Huaidong's resource consumption will also increase sharply.
Although the trade route with Haidong has been opened, no matter how rich Haidong's resources are, there will still be ships to transport them back.
Once the shipbuilding capacity of Guanyintan Shipyard is mainly concentrated on the construction of warships, in order to meet the ship demand of the Haidong Route, it is more suitable to build ultra-large sea-going ships with large capacity and fast speed.
Building a "Lin Zhengjun-class" merchant cargo ship can carry as much as eighteen thousand-rock ships. Coupled with the increase in speed, cargo loading speed and seaworthiness time, a "Lim Zhengjun-class" merchant cargo ship can carry 1,000,000 pounds per year
The power is almost as strong as thirty Thousand Stone Ships.
Another key point is to save manpower.
A transport fleet of thirty thousand-stone ships, crewed by sailors and escorted by armed guards, would require at least seven to eight hundred people.
A "Lin Zhengjun-class" merchant cargo ship only needs twenty or thirty sailors as a crew. No matter how many escorts there are, more than a hundred people are enough. The saved crews and sailors can make up for the shortcomings of the water camp.
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This is also the fundamental reason why Lin Fu devoted so many resources to trial-producing super-large sea-going ships when the war became increasingly tense.
The foundation of the She family is extremely deep. Even if the Zhejiang and Fujian naval divisions are completely annihilated, the She family's ability to fight at sea will not be completely defeated. The competition for the waters south of the Shengsi Islands will be long and cruel. Super large seas
The advantages of ships in logistics supply will become more and more obvious.
Song Jia stood aside and was speechless. Huaidong and Zhejiang and Fujian always separated into males and females in the East China Sea. If the She family did not thoroughly implement the strategy of abandoning the land and going to the sea, they might have to taste the bitter consequences!
Sun Jingxuan has been in charge of the Guanyintan Shipyard for the past two years. He is quite confident in the warships of the Huaidong Navy. He stood beside Lin Fu with his arms crossed, facing the river wind, and said with emotion: "If the She family will be the general of southern Zhejiang and Fujian,
After the North is connected, if we temporarily slow down the momentum of expansion from land, continue to thoroughly implement the strategy of abandoning land and going to sea, and concentrate on developing the navy, maybe the results will be different..."
Lin Fu looked at Song Jia and asked, "What do you think?"
Song Jia sighed slightly and said: "She Wenzhuang cannot continue to abandon the land and sea strategy. It is an inevitable choice for the She family to shift their focus to land again. Defeating Huaidong first will not be of any use to the She family. It will only
Prompt the Yuan family to abandon Yanjing in advance and move the capital to Jiangning!"
"Miss Song is so thoughtful. I was so moved that I forgot about Jinhai Liangdao." Sun Jingxuan said with a smile.
While the Jinhai grain road barely supports the Yanbei defense line, it is also continuously transporting resources from the south to the north.
Once the Jin-Hai grain road cannot be maintained, the Yuan family is likely to decisively abandon the northern route and move the capital to Jiangning. The large area of land on the northern line, including Yannan, is likely to fall into the hands of the Donghu people. After the Yuan family moves the capital to Jiangning
, will also concentrate more resources and troops to attack Zhejiang and Fujian first.
This situation is even more unfavorable for the luxury family.
The She family occupied Eastern Fujian and wanted to conquer the world, but the path they could take was extremely narrow, and there were not so many choices; it was not even as good as Huaidong.