Chapter 718: Navy Dispatched
Zhao Xin's will is the will of the entire Dinghai Navy, even if it is a little outrageous, it can be forcibly passed, not to mention, this proposal, in the entire Dinghai Navy, there are few objections.
The Dinghai Navy was gradually formed after killing the body of the Northern Song Dynasty and sucking blood, and it is unceremoniously said that without the existence of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Dinghai Navy would not have developed so high.
The vast majority of officials and people, five years ago, were citizens of the Northern Song Dynasty, and only a very small number of them, for example, were captured from Youyun, and captured from Ryukyu and Korea and Japan.
People must be constantly moving forward, and those who came to the Dinghai Navy, perhaps at the beginning, for example, the development of the Dinghai Navy was not so good, they just saw it as a channel, a means of making a living.
However, with the deepening of their understanding of the Dinghai Navy, especially among the middle and high-level officials, they know very well that the Dinghai Navy is a fierce beast hidden under the Great Song Dynasty.
Not only money, but also military power, influence and even combat effectiveness, this is an organization with unlimited development in the future.
Perhaps at a certain stage, at the beginning, you can use money or interests to envelop you, but when you develop to a certain extent, if you want to be completely stable, you must have a future and development.
The feudal dynasty, the highest level of development, is nothing else, it is the founding of the country, and the navy has this development.
From occupying the Ryukyus, expanding the territory, to Jeju Island, Hokkaido, and even now, entering the northeast, taking millions of square kilometers of land, in terms of land area, it is larger than the Northern Song Dynasty, and even in terms of strength, it is not a problem to destroy the Liao State.
In this case, the strength of the Ding Navy began to skyrocket, and the future at least to replace the Liao State and establish the development of the empire, in this case, some developments in the Northern Song Dynasty were somewhat unsatisfactory.
Interests are always the greatest pursuit, no one will be indifferent in the face of interests, there are a few saints.
Especially in small places, after touching the interests of some people, the backlash is certain, especially in the initial stage, because of the hidden strength, did not fight back, so they made them even worse.
Because the Dinghai Navy has the technology and the products, it is impossible for the other party to do so absolutely, but the losses caused by this are thousands of dollars every year.
It is a lie to say that there is no grievance, and even some people raise problems, but there is no solution to it, and sometimes, as long as you send a small team of soldiers, you can easily solve things, but you keep retreating.
Some have a view of the overall situation, or they know the development prospects and everything of the navy, and some understand that this is a deliberate retreat to buy time for the navy, but what about those at the bottom, or the parties involved? More than one person left because they were wronged and couldn't accept it, these people may have lost their best choice, but if they didn't have feelings for Dingjun, they wouldn't leave.
The cohesion is slowly dissipating like this, and there will be no problem for the time being, because the Dinghai Navy has been moving forward, but after a long time, for the south, and even the edge of the Northern Song Dynasty, the stability will definitely be affected.
Now, Zhao Xin has finally influenced Ding Haijun and showed off his muscles, which is a good thing, which is still very beneficial to Ding Haijun's future actions in the Northern Song Dynasty, and some of those who understand Zhao Xin's identity are also seen in another future.
Zhao Xin took the initiative to give up his identity, but the relationship between him and Renzong cannot be changed, if it is only according to the rules, under the rule system of the Great Song Dynasty, this change is irreversible, and the rules that the scholars take the initiative to abide by will definitely not be easily overturned.
But jumping out, starting from the Liao State is one direction, even the powerful Liao State is subjugated to the feet of Zhao Xin, the son of Renzong, became the king of the Liao State, and it is fully controlled, not the kind of puppet.
In this case, what will become of the end? Will there be a change in the hearts of the scholars and Renzong, after all, recognizing a son, it may be the rules that are paid, but what it brings is a huge country that is not lower than that of the Northern Song Dynasty, and in another sense, it expands the area of the country.
You know, this is the difference between ethnicity and race, they are all Han people, or the son of Renzong, and the main ethnic group also came out of the Northern Song Dynasty, this sense of belonging to the same root and origin is absolutely not ordinary, perhaps, after a hundred years of Renzong, Zhao Xin will become the next emperor, then they are the ministers of the dragon.
This is also the fundamental reason why the plan in the northeast has won the support of the majority of the people, and the same is true now, on the premise of using less or no large-scale army, it is appropriate to show off the muscles of the navy.
If they do not use a large-scale army, it is just a navy, no matter how powerful it is, the ship cannot be on land, and the strength of the navy has little impact on the land.
Compared with the bloated Northern Song Dynasty, it took a total of 3 days from the time the Northern Song Dynasty received the news to the completion of the discussion, and it was several days before the army was mobilized and finally set off.
In terms of time, the time for the Dinghai Navy to obtain this information, on Bianliang, in Jiangning, it only took one day to send it to the Dingjun, and the Super Clipper could reach the Dinghai in a maximum of 8 hours.
There was no delay in the middle, and Zhao Xin established a fast-paced, non-distraction system, as long as it was an important matter, he didn't worry about it at all, and it would delay time.
The Dinghai under the Yiyantang, coupled with the support of middle-level officials, quickly determined the plan to send troops, and this soldier was not yet from the Dinghai.
If you start from Dinghai, although it is said that the Western-style sailing ship, in terms of power and speed, is still slightly faster than the train, but the long distance still has some problems and delays time.
At present, the navy has not yet completed the manufacture of flying clippers, but some prototypes and technologies have been applied to shipbuilding, and they have been built, under most of the premise, with an average speed of about 12 knots per hour, of which the speed downwind is as high as 19 knots
At this point in time, it is the season of tailwinds to go south from the Dinghai Navy, as long as such a ship is sent from the Dinghai to the Ryukyus, and then the Ryukyus is notified to depart, it will save at least half of the time compared to the departure from the Dinghai.
Compared with the army, the navy is more fast, and the Ryukyus, as the first large-scale island developed by the Dinghai Navy, still have a military scale, in addition to 5 divisions, almost 150,000 troops, there is also a huge fleet second only to the Dinghai.
Among them, there were 8 battleships of the first class, 31 battleships of the second and fourth ranks, and nearly 70 battleships of the 5th class and below.
Rushing to the aid of Guangzhou, showing off the muscles, this is the established practice, this method must be controlled to a degree, not too bright muscles, if the main fleet of the Navy is all dispatched, it is really the sea of ships.
From the opening of the canal to the present, it has been three years, and even since the landing in the northeast, there are too many trees in the huge Siberia and the boundless wilderness, which have been continuously transported to the Dinghai Navy after being cut down and developed in the river.
From the beginning of construction to the present, the Dinghai Shipyard, which has never been operating at full capacity, has been operating at full capacity since the winter of the previous year, and the first to be replenished are transport ships and cargo ships, and then, when the output has increased to a certain extent, all kinds of ships have been effectively replenished, and it is natural to increase the number of warships.
Compared with 4 years ago, there are still 3 years ago, when the Dinghai Navy had just expanded, the Dinghai Navy had increased to a terrible extent.
A Ryukyu detachment has hundreds of warships, large and small, but in the Dinghai Navy, the number of this warship is even greater.
There were 57 first-class battleships alone, all of which were the latest achievements of the Dinghai Navy, some of which were older or smaller, and were supported by the Ryukyus, Jeju Island and Hokkaido, and only the new and powerful warships were supplied to the Dingjun.
At present, each of the first-class battleships of the Dinghai Navy has 172 heavy guns, which is not the first time when any artillery gun was put on the ship and piled up the scale of artillery.
These are the most suitable naval guns for naval warfare after several reforms, and they use new alloys, which are much more powerful than the original guns in all aspects of performance, with greater range and power, but less cost and weight.
In addition to the artillery itself, the iron rib has long been a standard configuration, and a large number of armor plates will be installed in some key gun emplacements to prevent attacks with the same firepower, and the most important thing is power.
Under the premise that the steam engine has not yet been produced, almost relying on the sails, some transmission devices, as well as manpower and animal power systems, to a large extent, have made a good supplement, to put it bluntly, with these, at the critical moment, the speed is accelerated a little bit, the power is increased a little bit, and the combat effectiveness of the ship is quite obvious.
In addition to the 57 battleships of the first rank, the other battleships,
There are also a lot of them, according to the proportion, the battleships above the 4th class have a total of more than 1,200 in the Dinghai Navy, plus the fifth and sixth ranks, the entire number will be terrifyingly close to 3,000.
Therefore, the Dinghai Navy has a large naval force, and if it is calculated according to the calculation of 200 people on a battleship, the total number of navies in the Dinghai Navy alone is as high as 600,000.
Anything, when the number reaches a certain level, the total amount will be very terrifying, dozens of warships passing, that is called bright muscles, if it is really thousands of warships passing, it is a direct threat.
A sailing ship used to travel between the Dinghai Navy and the Ryukyus quickly completed the preparations, and quickly disappeared into the sea with the official document issued by the Dinghai Navy and the Dinghai Marquis Daiyin, and their purpose was the Ryukyus.
From the Dinghai to the Ryukyus, a distance of more than 2,000 miles, at present, this sailing ship can move forward at an average speed of 16 knots, driven by ocean currents and monsoons, so that the speed per hour, at least 28 kilometers per hour, at least 5 or 600 kilometers, 24 hours, or even more.
Two days is enough time to reach the Ryukyus, and at this time, the northbound Bianliang train has also arrived, and Renzong and they are discussing this issue.
When the official document with the urgent military order was sent to Taipei, Sun Ji immediately mobilized the warships, and in accordance with the requirements of the navy, a total of 12 capital ships were mobilized, including 3 first-class battleships, 3 second-class and 6 third-class battleships.
Don't look at the division into one, two, three class, the first class 154 guns, the second class 124 guns, the third class 88 guns, 12 ships, basically carrying more than 1,300 guns, plus more than 40 large and small ships, almost more than 1,500 guns, a total of more than 3,000 guns, although, these artillery, just the most ordinary artillery, but gathered together, but also amazingly powerful.
In addition to the ships and the necessary navy, a battalion of about 1,200 men was also mobilized according to the requirements of the navy, which was the only land force sent by the Ding navy to Quang Nam.
The strength of the navy is based on ships and artillery, in this era, the artillery of the navy is already strong enough, almost the range is about 2000 meters, that is, 4 miles, which sounds very long, but on land, 4 miles is only around the coastline, very little distance, even in Guangzhou, it may not be able to envelop the entire city of Guangzhou, let alone the power of the surrounding siege.
To show muscles, you need to consider a degree, the strength of the navy can already be fully displayed, but the army, only need to show a little, it can be used to disperse and attack the besieged native troops, and cause greater results.
The navy itself is ready to go to sea at any time, these dozens of ships, which are the patrol fleet of the Ryukyus, have a maximum of one day of preparation time, replenish some supplies and necessary supplies, and the army will be faster, Sun Ji in order to ensure victory, sent his personal guard, this regiment-level team, and pulled out a reinforced battalion, which is also about a day.
The most important thing is that Sun Ji himself also joined in this expedition, in the Ryukyus, he counted the general military affairs, but there was not much time to fight, and he had already held his life, this time, it was a rare opportunity, or to show strength in the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty, of course, he would not let go.
It only took one day to send from Duke Wen to this side, and when a large number of fleets left the port and headed south, at this time, Bianliang of the Northern Song Dynasty had just discussed the final result and sent a messenger to send a message to the navy to send enough ships to Jiangning to standby, but they did not know that the navy had sent the army to solve the problem, and in the shortest possible time, arrived in Guangzhou and solved all the problems.