Chapter 359: The Imperial Battleship
Many of the naval soldiers under Zheng Chenggong's command were the elite of the original Zheng family's army, with many years of experience in naval warfare, and they had defeated Hongmaofan as pirates.
The 50,000 people recruited from the coastal areas also participated in the battle to liberate Korea, and later cooperated with the three-way eastern expeditionary army to attack the coastal cities of the eastern captivity from the water.
It can be said that all naval fighters have personally participated in the battle, and none of them are of the wrong species.
Now the Ming Dynasty attaches great importance to the soldiers, and the treatment and salary have been greatly improved, and the soldiers are all shouting that they want to go to the battlefield to reflect their value, of course, in order to make money.
Zheng Chenggong led the only ironclad battleship of the Ming Dynasty to train for more than a month, and they are already very familiar with the ironclad battleship, and they can operate it when they get on the ship.
After Zhu Youzhen delivered the five battleships, Zheng Chenggong gave an order, and the opposite battleship put down a few more small boats, and quickly divided the navy on the battleship into five detachments.
After about a stick of incense, the five battleships let out a loud whistle and began to move slowly.
As puffs of black smoke rose from the huge chimney, the battleship began to speed up and sail towards the sea in the wind and waves.
The thin ice on the sea was crushed and shattered by the ironclad warships, and they scattered to both sides, making a loud noise, and the scene was really spectacular.
The sky showed the sun, the heavy snow temporarily stopped flying, and the visibility on the sea gradually became clear, Zhu Youzhen was also extremely excited at this time, and turned back to Zheng Chenggong and said:
"Let them fire two guns to test their firepower."
"Obey"
After Zheng Chenggong received the order, he immediately took out the walkie-talkie:
"Attention to the five ships, Your Majesty will review and ensure the safety of the front, and the bow guns of each battleship will fire at the front."
"Yes"
The five battleships made another shocking noise, and then began to fire their guns in front.
"Woo woo woo ......"
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
With the loud sound of the shelling, Zhu Youzhen and others raised their binoculars one after another, only to see that the calm ice in the distance of the camera was suddenly shattered by the cannonballs and splashed huge waves.
With the fluctuation of the waves, the ice surface began to break and spread out in all directions with the bullet point as the center, which made Ah Qing can't help but admire.
"It's spectacular, it's beautiful......"
"Isn't that a waste of silver?"
Yu Huatian began to slander his lord in his heart, he wanted to have a good time just now, but the lord said that he was wasting money.
After the five battleships opened fire, they walked around and returned not far away, and the few naval officers and men on the battleship stood neatly on the deck and bowed slightly to Zhu Youzhen:
"The Ming Army is Mighty"
"Invincible Armada, Invincible Fleet, Sweeping the Eight Desolations"
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live"
Long live is called from the Tang Dynasty, not only in the Qing Dynasty, it is said that those barbarians took the lead in chanting in order to curry favor with the Celestial Empire.
Although the number of people on the battleship is not many at present, this formation is still equally exciting, which makes Zhu Youzhen's heart full of passion.
Zhu Youzhen waved to the soldiers:
"The soldiers have worked hard, no courtesy!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
After the ceremony, Zheng Chenggong stepped forward and bowed:
"Your Majesty, the six ironclad battleships have no names, please give them their names!"
That's right, all warships should have their own names, such as our current aircraft carriers Liaoning, Shandong, etc.
Thinking of the place names used by warships in later generations, Zhu Youzhen didn't want to do that, he pondered a little and said:
"Aiqing is right, I decided to give names to the six warships, the first ironclad battleship built by the Ming Dynasty itself is called Hongwu, and the other five ships are called Shihuang, Hanwu, Guangwu, Wendi, and Yongle."
Zhu Youzhen directly used the great emperors in history as the name of the battleship.
The first Hongwu, although Ming Taizu was not the greatest emperor in history, his exploits were not those that could be wiped out.
An ordinary person, relying on strong perseverance and means, finally drove out the Tatars and restored China, so that our Han civilization can continue again.
Look at other ancient civilizations in the world, there is no scum left that has long been wiped out by the Aryans, although the name of Egypt and India is still there.
However, their culture and language have long undergone earth-shaking changes, and they have either become Arab countries or *** countries.
Only China's Chinese civilization still stands on top of the world.
The Aryans, who specialized in destroying ancient civilizations, were beaten by our national heroes in ancient China and could not find the north.
And Nu Hao is just the wife of Wu Ding of the Shang Dynasty, a fierce heroine, those menacing Aryans, who were either killed or became slaves of my Huaxia people.
A San who wants to compete with my Huaxia all the time, any foreign tribe can conquer them as long as they step into their land, let alone the mighty Mongol Empire.
If it weren't for the appearance of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Emperor of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, and if it weren't for a small city called Diaoyu Mountain in western China, the whole world would tremble and succumb under the iron hooves of Mongolia.
The first emperor won the government, so that for the first time in China to become a unified country, unified writing, unified currency, built the Great Wall to resist the Xiongnu, burned books and pit Confucianism.
Liu Che, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, will be punished even if he commits a strong man.
Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, who did not enter the tiger's den to get the tiger's son, Gan Ying arrived in the Persian Gulf, improved papermaking, nine chapters of arithmetic, algebraic geometry, Hua Tuo hemp boiling, geokinetic instrument, etc.
Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian, a great emperor who influenced the direction of world history, continued the Han civilization, which had almost lost its inheritance, and reunited the disintegrated China.
Zhu Di, the Emperor of Yongle, attacked foreign races in the north many times, and Zheng He went to the West more than half a century earlier than those Western navigators, so that the early capitalist relations of production began to sprout.
These great emperors and histories, we must not forget that the world's earliest ironclad battleships, named after their great names, are also the best consolation for them.
"Hongwu, the ...... of the First Emperor"
Zheng Chenggong silently recited the names of the six emperors in his mouth, and his heart was also full of passion, his absolute loyalty to the Ming Dynasty in history was almost unmatched, his father returned to the Eastern Exile, and he swore to die to continue to resist the Eastern Exile, and finally defeated the Dutch to subdue Taiwan.
"A good name, not only mighty but also commemorative, Your Majesty."
Zheng Chenggong looked back at the five giant ships, turned around and knelt down in front of Zhu Youzhen to thank him, thanking the emperor for giving such a good name to the warships under his command.
Zhu Youzhen bent down to help Zheng Chenggong:
"Aiqing, don't be polite, I handed over a few great emperors to you water masters, and you must not let me and these great emperors down."
"Your Majesty, Zheng Chenggong will definitely live up to his mission."
Zhu You checked, and then remembered one thing, the draft of the battleship was too deep, and the canal was frozen and impassable, so why not take the opportunity to mobilize food from the south by sea to solve the urgent needs of the north.
So you said to Zheng Chenggong:
"Aiqing, the six warships will sail south immediately, train while walking, and deliver a trip to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to deliver food, and I will arrange it over there."
"Obey"