Half a month later is the Lunar New Year, although the weather in the south is not as cold as in the north, but there is also a slight chill, but the construction site is in full swing. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhang Feng had a high prestige in the Songjiang Prefecture area, and when he heard that Zhang Zongbing was going to build a railway, he didn't even know what a railway was, so many people took the initiative to sign up and take the initiative to participate in the construction of the first section of the railway in history.

Zhang Feng is also benevolent and righteous, entertaining everyone with a lunch meal, and taking care of his fill, and also paying 20 yuan of wages, and 10 yuan of wages for half a day.

Shanghai Railway Station Construction Site.

This is the largest railway station in the design, with three platforms, six lanes, the roadbed has been leveled, and some people are laying stones, laying sleepers, and putting on the railroad tracks.

Several people shouted the trumpet, carried the first section of the rail up, gently placed it on the sleeper, and then someone adjusted the level and direction, then measured, and then nailed into the road spike, and fixed the rail.

This is the first batch of rails produced by Baoshan Iron and Steel Plant, and there are a lot of neat places next to it, and it looks like there are at least hundreds of them.

There is no great difference between these rails and modern rails in terms of shape and size, after all, there is Zhang Feng's guidance, Zhang Feng is very familiar with the size of modern rails, and these rails are naturally manufactured according to the dimensions of modern rails.

Unlike modern steel, this is a rail, the material cannot reach the level of modern rails, and in addition, the size is shorter, the standard length of modern steel rails is 12.5 meters to 36 meters, while the length of rails produced on Baoshan Iron and Steel is 6 meters.

Considering the production capacity and process level, Zhang Feng finally chose to produce 6 meters long rails, because it is a low-speed railway, and the length of 6 meters is completely sufficient.

The first track was laid, followed by the second, then the third......

Gradually, the length increased, and on the first day, a length of nearly two hundred meters was laid, because the roadbed had been repaired, the stones had been laid, and as long as the sleepers and rails were laid, the speed was naturally faster. The six railways of Shanghai Railway Station gradually extend into the distance, extending to the direction of Songjiang Prefecture, and finally merging into a railway in the distance, and growing and extending at a rate of tens or even hundreds of meters every day.

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After the Lunar New Year, shortly after the beginning of spring.

Zhang Feng is in full swing to build his first railway, which has already been built to a length of several kilometers, and it is estimated that the process would have been faster if it had not been for the construction of multiple bridges.

This is not a high-standard railway, can not be measured by the railway standards of later generations, this is a relatively simple low-speed railway, plus this area is flat, no need for tunnels, the largest amount of work lies in the construction of roadbed and bridge construction, the project progress is naturally faster.

However, in just two or three months, Zhang Feng is very satisfied with the construction of several kilometers, and in addition, the main building of the Shanghai Railway Station has been nearly half completed, and the three platforms have been completed.

Whether it is the platform or the main building, cement and steel are used, and the quality looks good.

The design of the steam-powered locomotive has been completed, the Shanghai Machinery Manufacturing Bureau has begun trial production, and Song Yingxing has begun a survey of the railway line from Songjiang to Changzhou (via Suzhou along the way).

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Ningbo Shipyard.

The Ningbo Shipyard can be said to be building and manufacturing ships at the same time, and the huge Ningbo Shipyard is not yet fully completed, and there are at least thousands of people working every day.

The shipyard currently has a total of four docks, two of which have been completed and put into use ahead of schedule, while the other two are not yet fully completed and are still in the process of finishing construction.

Among the two dockyards that have been completed in advance, two large ships have been completed, a 3,000-material warship and a 3,000-material transport ship.

There was a bustle next to the dock, and many shipbuilders were witnessing the fruits of their labor, only to see a long whistle, and the two big ships slowly left the dock and drove towards the sea outside the dock.

This is a wooden structure steam-powered ship, which was built quickly, because it was mainly made of wood rather than steel plates, and such a ship, from the laying of the keel to the completion of the boat, the construction period was only a little more than two months, and the construction of the two ships started almost at the same time, and now it is completed at the same time.

Three thousand warships, this is a new type of warship, pointed bottom, pointed bow, the hull is not wide but long, the bow, stern, and bow are equipped with a number of 150 mm cannons, right, in such a large warship, 150 mm cannons are the main firepower, 70 mm guns are only a supplement to firepower.

Compared with the previous 2,000 seagoing ships, the firepower has been doubled, of course, the ship has a larger displacement, a stronger structure, more water-resistant containment compartments, and is more difficult to sink.

The 3,000-material transport ship is obviously different from the 3,000-material warship in terms of appearance, with a wide hull, which can transport more personnel and more personnel.

Zhang Feng urgently needed a large number of 3,000 material warships, a large number of 3,000 material transport ships, whether it was Shanghai Shipyard or Ningbo Shipyard, all of them were in full production.

General Military Office.

Zhang Feng was looking at a list, this is the latest list of ships, before, there were ten steam-powered ships of 2,000 materials, and six ships of 1,000 materials. Now there are new members added.

The Shanghai Shipyard has launched two new 3,000-material warships and three 3,000-material transport ships, and the Ningbo Shipyard has newly launched one 3,000-material warship and one transport ship, so that the number of newly added ships has reached seven, and all of them are of the 3,000-material level.

Zhang Feng was looking at the list with satisfaction, Guan Peng walked in and reported: "Lord General Soldier, news has come from the north that Zhang Xianzhong's troops have been hit hard in Agate Mountain. ”

"Oh." Zhang Feng was slightly stunned for a while, and did not think about it, the general trend of history has not changed, next, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's troops will enter Sichuan, and then conquer a large number of states and counties.

Zhang Feng said: "Pay close attention to the dynamics in the north, and report anything directly to me." ”

"Yes!"

Guan Peng stood up straight, saluted a military salute, and then walked out of the General Military Mansion quickly. After Guan Peng left, Zhang Feng slowly stood up, according to the memory in his mind, carefully thought about the general historical trend of the future, and after thinking for a long time, Zhang Feng knew that there would not be too much time left for him to develop with peace of mind.

At the same time, Zhang Feng also began to evaluate his own strength.

One army division with more than 20,000 personnel, in addition to thousands of navy personnel, 24 warships and transports, two naval ports, Zhoushan military port, and Naha military port under construction.

It is now the spring of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, if there is no major change in the direction of history, until next year, Li Zicheng will recover, conquer Luoyang, kill the king of Fu, and develop to hundreds of thousands in a short period of time.

Zhang Xianzhong's troops will go out of Sichuan, and then Ke Xiangyang, kill the king of Xiang, and the development of the team will also be very large. In addition, the Manchu Qing could not bear the loneliness, and would besiege Jinzhou, and then the Ming and Qing dynasties Songjin decisive battle, the Ming army was defeated, and most of the main force was annihilated......

"There is not much time left for me to develop with peace of mind, at most in a year or two, the east, west, north and south will all be boiling, there will be rebellions and uprisings everywhere, and the Manchu Qing will finally enter the customs." Zhang Feng thought about it with a solemn face.

"Developing military strength is the last word." Thinking so in his heart, Zhang Feng thought of his own troops.

Although a division of the army has grown to more than 20,000 people, and all of them are equipped with flintlock muskets and artillery, the fatal point is that it basically has no actual combat experience.

Actual combat experience is very important, and only after experiencing actual combat can this be a real army.

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The capital, the early dynasty.

Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair, his face was a little unpleasant, there was bad news from the Guanning army, a few days ago, the Guanning army and the Manchus had a frontal field battle outside the city of Jinzhou, losing thousands of people, and almost all of them were cavalry.

The main reason for Chongzhen's bad mood is that a firearms unit appeared in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Guanning army confronted the other party head-on, and was hit hard by the Manchu firearms troops, losing thousands of cavalry at once.

"Hooray, I didn't think about it, the Manchu Tartars also had firearms troops."

As the secretary of the military department, it seems that he has a better understanding of the situation, Chen Xinjia came out and said: "This firearms unit of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is about 3,000 people, divided into six teams, each shooting 500 people, the first team retreats after shooting, and then the second team shoots forward, then the third team, the fourth team, the fifth team, the sixth team, and the cycle goes on and on, the shooting continues, and our cavalry died on the way to the charge, and died under the firearms of the other party. ”

Many ministers looked at each other, without thinking that the Manchu firearms were so powerful, you know, the firearms were handed down by the ancestors, but now they are used by the Manchus to deal with themselves.

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any good ways to deal with the Manchu firearms army?"

Seeing Chongzhen ask this, everyone fell silent, to be honest, everyone had no way to deal with it, the hall was quiet, many ministers lowered their heads, and only a few people were talking in low voices.

For a long time, not a single minister gave a suggestion.

Chongzhen's face became more and more ugly, and Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, came out after thinking for a long time, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a suggestion, can you let Songjiang General Zhang take people to Jinzhou, Zhang Zongbing's firearms are also firearms troops, and it is estimated that they can restrain this firearms force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty." ”

Chongzhen didn't immediately nod in agreement, obviously weighing and thinking.

Shoufu Liu Yuliang came out of the column and said: "Long live, the minister thinks it's inappropriate, Zhang Feng's troops are all firearms troops, but they used to have less than 2,000 people, and now although they claim to be 20,000, but nine out of ten of the soldiers under Zhang Feng have never been on the battlefield, and the minister is worried that he will collapse at the touch of a button." ”

Chen Xinjia was about to come out to defend a few words, but when he saw that Chongzhen seemed to want to say something, he immediately stopped and stayed where he was, ready to listen to what Chongzhen had to say.

Chongzhen said slowly: "Spread my will, Zhang Feng, the chief soldier of Songjiang, immediately led a team to Jinzhou to attack the Tartars in the area outside Jinzhou City. ”

As soon as Chongzhen said this, the tone was set, and a holy decree was transmitted from the capital to Songjiang Mansion, and a few days later, Zhang Fengshou received this holy decree from the capital.

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