Yang Cong really doesn't understand naval warfare, whether it is in his previous life or in this life, his understanding of naval warfare is very vague, if he is asked to organize a large army to fight naval warfare, he doesn't even know where to start.

Fortunately, there is a naval warfare expert Yu Dayou beside him, and it can be heard from Yu Dayou's evaluation of the Portuguese warships, although people can't say that they are proficient in naval warfare, at least they are proficient in naval warfare.

Anyway, Portugal is not a weak country at this time, people who have read the history of the Great Voyage know that Spain and Portugal are the openers of the Age of Discovery, don't look at their local area is not large, the sea strength is a strong split, at this time almost all the colonies in the world are in the hands of these two maritime powers, to count the area of the colonies, Portugal at this time is even bigger than the Ming Dynasty!

Yu Dayou actually commented on the warship of a sea overlord like this, it seems to be a little arrogant, why does Yang Cong still think that he is a naval battle expert?

The reason is very simple, because Yang Cong knows that Yu Dayou is right, Daming does have the capital to be proud of Portugal at this time.

The Ming Dynasty is a traditional maritime power, before the Age of Discovery, the Ming Dynasty organized a huge fleet to go to West Asia and even North African waters, at that time the Ming Dynasty was a well-deserved maritime hegemon, and no country in the world could compete.

At this time, although the Ming Dynasty cut off its meridians and implemented a sea ban, making its sea power sunset, "the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse", although the Ming sailor is weak, the remaining bit of family wealth is enough for the current sea overlord Portugal to drink a pot.

During the Zhengde period, the Portuguese led their fleet to the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty, and at first, there was no conflict between the two sides, and the Portuguese even bribed local officials to obtain the right to trade with local traders in private.

However, the Portuguese later revealed the nature of the colonizers, relying on their advanced firearms and plundering everywhere, and the Ming court finally couldn't bear it anymore and clashed with it.

In the sixteenth year of Zhengde, Wang Hong, the deputy envoy of the Guangdong Provincial Prison Department, gathered tens of thousands of troops from the Guangdong coastal guard post to start a major battle with the Portuguese in Tuen Mun, and the Portuguese colonial fleet finally took advantage of the heavy rain to flee in disarray.

In the second year of Jiajing, the Portuguese Bedulu led five warships to invade Guangdong, and Ke Rong led the army to meet the attack, and finally defeated the Portuguese colonial fleet in Xicaowan, destroyed two Portuguese warships, and captured its leader Betulu.

These are clearly contained in the historical materials, Yang Cong had read the relevant records when he compiled the "Kunyu Wanguo Quantu", and naturally knew that Yu Dayou was not arrogant and bragging indiscriminately.

Portugal is indeed the dominant maritime power of the day, but it is limited to a small area of the mainland, a sparse population, a small number of warships, and they are now full of colonies all over the world, many places need to be deterred by force, and there are very few warships that can be sent to the Far East.

They only sent a few warships each time, no matter how fierce the firepower was, what was the use, they had to kneel in the face of the siege of hundreds of warships of the Daming Naval Division.

At this time, it is the golden age of the sea hegemony, although the Ming Navy Division is declining, there is still some foundation, as long as you catch up, it is not impossible to regain the position of the sea hegemon, Yang Cong listened to Yu Dayou's "bold words", his heart couldn't help but be excited, he asked with great interest: "Zhifu, how do you think the naval battle should be fought, if we want to defeat the Japanese Kou, defeat the Franco, the Western Ocean, invincible on the sea, what warships should be built?" ”

When Yu Dayou heard this, he couldn't help but have a strong ambition in his heart, who doesn't want to make meritorious contributions, if he can defeat the Japanese Kou, defeat the Francophile, and be invincible at sea, he will definitely be able to go down in history!

He thought excitedly for a while, and then blurted out: "The way of naval warfare is nothing more than to fight small ships with big ships, outnumbered with many, and small guns with big guns. ”

Yes!

It's that simple!

When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, but after thinking about it carefully, what Yu Dayou said was indeed reasonable, didn't the great powers dominate the sea by virtue of strong ships and artillery, and by virtue of their superiority in warships and firearms.

However, this is a bit general, you must know that it takes time and money to build a warship and produce muskets and artillery, and you don't just shout a few guns at the sea and come out.

Yang Cong was stunned for a while, and then said embarrassedly: "Well, this is natural, but our priority now is to exterminate pirates and pirates, do you think we can exterminate pirates and pirates with these warships we have assembled now, if not, then what warships should be built?" ”

Hearing this, Yu Dayou slowly glanced at the warships around him, and then couldn't help but sigh: "If the pirates and the pirates gather together to fight with us, with the current warships, they may barely be able to win the battle, but the pirates and the pirates are very thieves, and they will definitely desperately flee when they see a large fleet of sailors, and they will not fight with us at all, so with our current warships, it is basically impossible to exterminate the pirates and the pirates, and we must build a batch of fast ships, which are placed in the four southeastern provinces and one capital, so that No matter where pirates and pirates appear, we will be able to attack in time to encircle them. ”

Clippers?

Yang Cong couldn't help but ask, "What is a clipper?" ”

Yu Dayou pointed to the warships in the port, such as a few treasures and said: "The so-called fast ship is a warship that can move quickly without relying on the wind, such as centipede boats, fire dragon ships, eagle boats, wheel boats, etc., all belong to fast boats, of course, if you want to add wind power, Cangshan boat is the fastest ship, because Cangshan boat is a sailing boat, both sails and oars, when there is wind, it is much faster than a simple oaring boat." ”

Yang Cong glanced around with his guidance, his eyes were almost overwhelmed, there are really many types of warships in this Ming Naval Division, how long will it take to build this mess.

He thought for a moment, then asked, "Then what do you think is the most practical of these warships in terms of exterminating pirates and pirates?" ”

When Yu Dayou heard this, he did not hesitate to point to a small warship in the distance and said: "If you want to exterminate pirates and pirates, the Cangshan ship is the most practical, because the Cangshan ship has sails, carries more soldiers and weapons than a single rowing boat, and has the blessing of sails, and the speed is much faster than ordinary rowing boats, and it is the most practical to chase pirates and pirates." ”

Yang Cong looked at the Cangshan boat in the distance, and then asked, "How many people can this ship carry, and how many firearms can it be equipped with?" ”

Yu Dayou said without thinking: "This ship can carry about 40 people, the bow and stern can be loaded with a jack of artillery, and it can also be loaded with eight tiger squat cannons, and the officers and soldiers on the ship can be equipped with muskets, and the bottom of its warehouse is enough to carry weapons and ammunition for dozens of people." ”

This firepower is fierce enough, after all, at this time, pirates and pirates are still mainly bows and crossbows, and there are no muskets and artillery at all.

Yang Cong said without hesitation: "Okay, just build this kind of Cangshan ship, you say, to completely eradicate pirates and pirates, how many Cangshan ships need to be built." ”

Yu Dayou estimated: "If the naval division is purely based on Cangshan ships, the four provinces and one capital need to be equipped with about fifty ships, adding up to a total of two hundred and fifty ships, however, the Cangshan ship is a medium-sized warship, and the steering is not sensitive. ”

Two hundred and fifty ships plus two hundred and fifty ships is five hundred, although the volume of the Cangshan ship and the centipede ship is not very large, and there is still a certain gap compared to the Daifuku ship, but it is also a warship several zhang long, how much silver does this need!