Chapter 133 Aircraft Carriers?

In later generations, the Chinese Navy took the three major fleets of the North Sea, the South China Sea, and the East China Sea as the main body, forming the backbone of coastal defense, guarding thousands of kilometers of China's coastline.

In the history of navigation, the origin of our country lagged behind the ancient Egyptian civilization, the civilization of the two rivers and the ancient Indian civilization, etc., until the Eastern Han Dynasty "Interpretation of the Name", there was "with the wind and the curtain said sail, the sail is also wide, so that the boat is wide and wide." ". It can be seen that the Chinese used sails more than 3,000 years later than Egypt and nearly 2,000 years later than Greece (the symbols on the oracle bone inscriptions are considered to represent sails, but there are neither physical objects nor other written or artistic materials to support them, so they are not very credible). Since the Han and Tang dynasties, with the development of productive forces and science and technology, China has gradually learned to build large ships and carry out navigation, especially in the Song and Ming dynasties, China's navigation technology has been unprecedentedly developed, and none of the countries and nations along the entire Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean coasts can confront the Chinese fleet with a navy. However, with the onset of autism in the late feudal society and the influence of the Japanese problem, China's maritime development shrank, so that by the end of the Qing Dynasty, it collapsed, and the Beiyang Fleet of the Great Qingshui Division was completely wiped out in the Sino-Japanese Naval Battle.

Li Beiyang thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's feasible. ”

"Well, the specific matters will be discussed slowly later, Li Aiqing, you are an expert in water warfare, and you will plan according to this tone." I continued, "Now I'll talk about the new ships. Li Aiqing, do you know firearms? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has heard a little."

"The long-range weapons on our warships today are all gunners that resemble stone-throwing guns, which are not the guns I am talking about, and as the application of gunpowder becomes more and more extensive, the Gunpowder Division is already developing artillery in the true sense. Li Aiqing, you and Song Rui went to the Gunpowder Division to see the prototype of muskets and artillery, once all the warships of our dynasty are equipped with new artillery, the power will be very different. ”

Li Beiyang didn't have an intuitive feeling about this, but kept nodding and saying, "Yes, yes." ”

Of course, I understand what Li Beiyang is thinking: "Li Aiqing, after you go to the Gunpowder Division, you will understand the power of artillery." ”

"The minister understands, tomorrow morning, I will go after Lord Wen goes down."

"Whether it is a water war or a land war, the future must be the world of firearms. Li Aiqing, I once saw a giant ship called Shenzhou in my Korean literature, do you know about this? ”

Li Beiyang said excitedly: "Back to Your Majesty, this matter is true, Shenzhou (also known as Shenzhou) giant ship is two hundred years ago Weichen ancestors supervised the construction, when the imperial court in order to envoy to Goryeo, the edict built, this ship is 40 zhang long, deep (high) 29 zhang (plus the height of the mast), wide (wide) 7 zhang and a half, is a six-masted sailing ship, far larger than the main warship of our dynasty Chima, white crane, thousand stone boats, and even building ships. However, this kind of ship is too large to be suitable as a warship. ”

According to the internal documents of the royal family of the Song Dynasty, in the first year of Yuanfeng (1078 AD), the Song Dynasty Shenzong sent envoys An Tao and Chen Mu to hire Goryeo, and ordered people to build two large ships in Mingzhou (now Ningbo), the first one was named "Lingxu Zhiyuan Anji Shenzhou", and the second was named "Lingfei Shunji Shenzhou", which arrived in Goryeo from Dinghai, Zhejiang. In the fifth year of Emperor Xuanhe of the Song Dynasty (1123 AD), he again sent envoys to Goryeo, and built two giant sea ships in Mingzhou, which were "as majestic as mountains, floating on waves, with the head of a brocade sail crane, and a succumbing cockroach". After the ship arrived in Goryeo, the Goryeo people showed a trend of "towering over the city" and "cheering and sighing".

According to the calculation method of later generations, the giant ship of Shenzhou is about 120 meters long, 90 meters high, and 22 meters wide, and most of the ships of this era are only tens of meters long, even the longest troop carrier ship is only 110 meters, even the "treasure ship" supervised by Zheng He during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty is only 44 zhang (more than 130 meters), which is enough to see how huge the Shenzhou was in the Song Dynasty, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was an aircraft carrier at that time.

The naval formation, which has aircraft carriers in charge, is naturally invincible.

"Is the Shenzhou still around?"

Li Beiyang shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, when the Shenzhou returned from Goryeo, it was affected by the hurricane and was in tatters, because it was too expensive to repair and dismembered after abandonment. ”

"It's a pity. Li Aiqing, can you build it? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there are still broken artworks of the Shenzhou in Weichen's house, and the minister believes that it can be built, but the cost is too great, is it worth it?"

"It's worth it, I will directly allocate military spending, you don't have to worry about that. Li Aiqing, I came to ask you, how much time does it take to build such a huge ship? ”

Li Beiyang thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, it will take about two years. ”

"No, two years is too long, I will give you a year at most, be sure to build it in the middle of next year, and then you will bring the artwork, and call the best craftsmen of the Great Song Lin'an Shipbuilding Workshop to discuss this matter in Jiying Palace, and I will gather the strength of my dynasty and give full support."

"Obey."

"Song Rui, call Shangyun Bofei, Shen Yiqiu and the best craftsmen of the Weapons Supervisor at that time. Junshi, you inform the Ministry of Industry and the Shipbuilding Department to also send the best craftsmen to participate. ”

"The ministers obey."

If it can be built in the middle of next year, and after half a year of running-in, then by the time of the Xiangfan War in 1267, my aircraft carrier will be able to come in handy, and with new artillery, then even if Liu Cheng is familiar with water warfare, he will not be the enemy of my naval division.

Gradually, Li Beiyang lost his initial restraint and said: "Your Majesty, the best shipbuilding technology in our dynasty today is no longer in Lin'an and Mingzhou on Liangzhejiang Road, but in the shipbuilding workshop on Fujian Road. ”

Why is that? Isn't Mingzhou on Liangzhejiang Road? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, according to the rumors of Weichen's ancestors, a hundred years ago, the descendants of Gao Shang, the designer of the Shenzhou giant ship, moved to Fuzhou with Zhang Jun's entry into the Fujian Road, so the shipbuilding technology of Fujian Road has been ahead of other places in our country for the past hundred years."

"Oh, are the descendants of Gao Shang still on Fujian Road?"

"This minister doesn't know, after all, it has changed a lot in the past hundred years."

Fujian Road, maybe it's time to go for a walk. If you can find the descendants of Gao Shang, maybe building a giant ship will get twice the result with half the effort.

After Li Beiyang left, Quan Jiu happily came to the imperial study and said: "Official, Quan Jue has arrived, the Queen Mother said that she would go to Ningkun Palace for dinner in the evening, and by the way, she would catch the wind for Quan Jue." ”

"Yes, what about the Enlightened Man?"

"Official, Quanjue is in the hall downstairs."

"Oh, Xiao Qi, call him up, I just happened to have something to look for him."

After a while, Xiao Qi came to the imperial study with Quanjue.

"See the Emperor."

"Hehe, Quanjue, this is my home, so there is no need to be polite."

"Your Majesty."

"Jiu'er, make a good pot of tea."

"Hmm."

"Quanjue, have you explained everything in the villa?"

"Your Majesty, it has been explained, the affairs of the villa are taken care of by the housekeeper, and Zhang Shijie in the mountains has also achieved initial results, and at present, all the people have mastered the shooting method of the musket, and among the instructors sent by Master Li, there are already three or four people who can fire 7 to 8 times in one word (five minutes)."

"Well, it's okay. After the Yun musket was built, I planned to let Zhang Shijie leave the villa. Quanjue, you can rest for a few days, and then go to Lin'an University to assist Shen Yiqiu in setting up a laboratory. ”

"Your Majesty, Quan Jue will go tomorrow."

"Hehe, okay, you can set your own time. Quanjue, do you have any research on shipbuilding? ”

"Your Majesty, I haven't studied it deeply, Quanjue just has some ideas about using wheels as the power of the ship and the bonding between the deck and the hull plate."

"Well, you will also go to the Jiying Hall to participate in the warship development meeting.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Official, it's not too early, let's go to Ningkun Palace early." Quan Jiu said.

"Okay, let's go."

Maybe it's Aiwu and Wu, Xie Daoqing has a good impression of Quanjue.

"Quanjue see the Queen Mother."

"I haven't seen you for a few years, Quanjue has grown up Chengren, and he is becoming more and more similar to Jiu'er, what a talent, not bad. Enlightenment, have you ever been married? ”

Quan Jue said a little shyly: "Queen Mother, not yet." ”

"Haha, it's still the same as a few years ago, shy. The official family, Jiu'er, and Quanjue, let's all serve on the table. ”