Shanghai City has become a large barracks, in addition to the red shirt regiment brought by Liu Ziguang, there are also a large number of newly recruited officers and soldiers of the water division, set up a recruitment flag, there are people who eat food, who in the Ming Dynasty does not know, eat food with Zhen Wubo, and the salary is the thickest, so after the recruitment stations are full, there are still a large number of men outside and strongly ask to join the army.

Liu Ziguang is not willing to recruit so many soldiers without expertise, he wants sailors and fishermen with experience in going to sea, these recruits can not immediately enter the battle after putting on the number one coat, can only do logistics support work, the current war is a naval battle under high-tech conditions, not relying on a large number of people to win, but in the heart of those men to serve the country, he still made an exception, and recruited 3,000 people as sailors Bu Yong, that is, the Navy 6 Combat Team.

There are two brand-new ironclad battleships parked on the slipway of Jiangnan Shipyard, the keel has just been laid, and the steam engine has not yet arrived, and this war will definitely not be able to participate, so the main battleship of the water war can only choose a large paddle steamer cargo ship left by Lai Youwei, the name of this ship is the same as the business name, it is also called Fuyuan, Liu Ziguang is unlucky, and people change it

"Shanghai". The deck of the Shanghai was re-paved, and the smooth teak deck was paved into a glide jumping platform, and the highest part of the diving platform was equipped with a lift to lift the flying god wings, which were originally going to take off by steam catapults, but the fragile skeleton of the parafoil could not withstand the huge increase of the ejection, and the two test planes were destroyed before they were changed to a sliding jumping platform.

In addition, weapons of mass destruction tied together by thirty-two rocket launchers were added in the bow direction

As for the large bed crossbows used in traditional naval warfare, many of them are also equipped. The Shanghai did not have time to modify the underwater propeller, and the huge paddle wheels on both sides of the hull were still used, which made it look wider and more powerful, and the key positions on the hull were riveted with iron plates for protection, and the bright red Ming military flag fluttered high on the mast.

The huge cabin of the Shanghai is equipped with dozens of powered parawings, as well as uninflated airships and balloons, as well as the members of these aircraft, this ship with the largest tonnage of the Shanghai Navy Division temporarily serves as the flagship of the Ming Dynasty's Fujian Governor and the Commander-in-Chief of Shanghai and Zhejiang Naval Divisions, and Liu Ziguang.

In addition, more than a dozen warships were converted from steam merchant ships, and the sailors were seasoned veterans to carry fresh water, food, soldiers, weapons, and fuel and other supplies.

In addition to the Shanghai Naval Division, there were more than 20 ships of the Zhejiang Naval Division to join the Southern Expeditionary Fleet, these ships were as tall as the building, the bottom was sharp, the tail was high, and there were guards on both sides.

The whole ship is divided into four layers, the lower layer is equipped with earth and stone ballast, the second floor is the third floor to house soldiers, the third floor is the main operating place, the upper layer is the combat site, the bow and arrow artillery are condescending, and the downward bow and artillery can often defeat the enemy.

The Fu Ship Department is high and has a strong impact device, which can plow and sink enemy ships by pressing down on the wind, and use more ship strength to win. The draft of the lucky ship is one foot and the second is an excellent deep-sea warship.

It's just that there is no steam engine, so the mobility is slightly poor, and following the fleet can only be filled with pomp and circumstance, cleaning the battlefield.

As for the submarine captured in the last battle of Jiangyin Fortress, the Mingjiang Dragon was also painted with the word Daming, and was incorporated into the fleet to cooperate with the supply fleet.

The fleet anchored from Chongming Pier and headed south along the coast, the airship flying a hundred feet above the Shanghai, and the rotation of the propeller was deliberately kept in sync with the ships below, and a tough rope connected the airship to the mast of the Shanghai as a link for fuel, food, and information.

Liu Ziguang sat on the bridge of the flagship and looked at the mighty fleet, the first battle between China and the West in history was the battle between Zheng Chenggong and the Dutch in Taiwan, and the victory at that time was mainly based on ship-sea tactics rather than technical superiority, and now the situation has changed to its own, although the fleet has 40 warships, but most of them are not fully armed steam ships and backward sail ships, it is said that the fleet of the Westerners has hundreds of warships, if the war starts, they can only rely on the technical weapons such as airships and power wings to win.

Liu Ziguang was completely blind in naval warfare, and took the position of admiral of the navy, but he couldn't even understand the charts, but fortunately, Zheng Sen was an excellent naval officer, and if there was any problem, he could push it to him.

At this time, Zheng Sen was holding a precision instrument made of brass in the shape of a fan, aiming at the sun, and after a while, he took a pencil to make a mark on the chart, and Liu Ziguang wondered: "What are you taking?" ”

"The commander of Hui was captured from the ship of the English." Zheng Sen said and sent the sextant to Liu Ziguang, this instrument is composed of a fixed semi-reflective glass, a movable mirror, a telescope and a movable arm, which is beautiful in shape and well-made, and has a name etched with flower characters.

"Pointing it at the sun or other celestial body, the observer can see the horizon and the sun at the same time by a mirror, and the angle between them can be measured with a quadrant with a scale on the edge, and thus deduce the position of the ship, even in the white sea, without getting lost." Zheng Sen said.

Liu Ziguang was secretly surprised, he didn't expect that the science of Westerners had reached such a level, and the scale marks on this sextant should have been corroded by some kind of strong acid, rather than carved, so it was inferred that their weapons and equipment should not be too bad.

Liu Ziguang returned the sextant to Zheng Sen and asked, "Zheng Sen, what do you know about Westerners, tell this governor." ”

"The handsome and humble man said slowly, and now there are three Western sailors on this vast sea, which are the English sailors, the Dutch sailors, and the Spanish sailors. Among these three, the fleet of the Spaniards is the most abundant, it can be said that the ships are like clouds, the masts are like forests, and the land is also rich, but although their warships and soldiers are many, they are not as sharp as the ships of the English and not as fast as the warships of the Dutch, so they are often at a disadvantage in the battles with these two. ”

"Oh, why do Westerners still fight each other?" As soon as Liu Ziguang asked this, he felt naïve, whose sailors went to sea to seek wealth, and it was normal for them to fight with each other, but Zheng Sen did not feel that this question was naïve, but replied seriously: "I heard that the people of these three countries believe in different gods, so they are like enemies when they meet, the Spaniards believe in God, and Yingyi and Heyi believe in Jesus, the son of God, this son and his father are separated in heaven, so the subjects of the lower realm are also fighting. Generally speaking, Britain and the Netherlands are allies, and the Spaniards only have a small brother called Portugal, who occasionally follows to take a piece of the pie, and it seems that it is only a matter of time before the Spanish people fall. Liu Ziguang felt that Zheng Sen's explanation was very interesting, and the so-called battle of faith was probably a struggle between Catholicism in Spain and Protestantism in England and the Netherlands. Aren't the Spaniards the most powerful? ”

"My lord knows, although the Spaniards have money, but these gold and silver are dug from the far west, not earned by ability, you think they come to the convenience of the money, naturally spend it lavishly, do not hesitate, on weekdays, spend all day drinking, arrogant and lascivious, that there is also the spirit to organize the armament, the war in the Quartet, it is said that even their lowest-ranking sailors and soldiers have bought houses and slaves in Java, but England and the Netherlands are different, the lord of England is called Queen Elizabeth, this woman is more powerful than men, donated jewelry, built a navy, and also widely the holy decree to co-opt pirates, the lord does not know that those English pirates are pompous, all hang the holy decree on the mast, and claim to be ordered to plunder。 As for the Netherlands, it's even more incredible, this country has no king and no father, what kind of republic is it, do you think that this country without an emperor is equivalent to having no royal law, so all the countries are thieves and pirates, and it just so happens that these two pirate countries all believe in Jesus, so they united to deal with Spain, wanting to get a piece of the pie from the hands of this old empire. ”

"I see, listening to your talk is better than reading for ten years. Liu Ziguang said with a smile, Zheng Sen, this young man grew up in Yueben since he was a child, and after adulthood, he traveled in the Song Dynasty, Taiwan, Java, Ryukyu, Fujian and other places, and had a wide range of knowledge, mastered the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty, Hokkien, Japanese, English, Spanish, and some native languages in Song Java and other places, and the end is a rare talent, the most important thing is that after Liu Ziguang and Wu Sangui's edification of him, he has evolved from a strong son of a place to an activist who supports reunification, in Zheng Sen's impression, all the places where you read the sages and sages, respect the way of Confucius and Mencius, should be the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and his father Zheng Zhilong has raised troops to rebel over the years, intending to be king overseas, in fact, it is an act of splitting the countryI'm afraid that the Zheng family is about to fall, so returning to the imperial court is the right way.

The two continued to discuss the situation in the Taiwan Strait, and now there are three forces on the island of Taiwan: the Spanish army, the Dutch army and the British army, as well as the remnants of the Zheng family's army, in order to compete for this large island rich in natural resources, Britain and the Netherlands have traveled thousands of miles from the mainland to send sailors to help, and the Spanish base in Java is close at hand, and the increase of troops is even faster, the three sides have survived in the six wars on the island of Taiwan, but the decisive battle still has to be fought on the sea, whether it is the Spanish or the Anglo-Dutch coalition army, they will strike first when they see the Zheng family's ship, and under the tacit cooperation of the two of them, the Zheng family fleet, which was originally entrenched in Taiwan, can only flee to Xiamen in a hurry to avoid the war。

The Taiwan Sea Passage is the only way for the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty to go to the South Seas, in the past, you can pay the Zheng family to buy the road, and then pass with the flag put by the Zheng family, although the money to buy the road is very expensive, but you can always do business, but since the war in the Taiwan Strait, the merchant ships have no way to live, and the warships of the Westerners have the share of being captured, of course, there are exceptions, that is, the merchant ships of the Song Kingdom will not be attacked, because the Song Kingdom is also a naval power, which annoys them, but there is no good fruit to eat.

"The strength of the Song Dynasty Navy is rarely seen in the United States, so why don't they participate in this battle for Taiwan?" Liu Ziguang still remembers the level of science and technology in the Song Dynasty, and the navy of the country with radios and submarines is naturally very powerful.

"The people of the Song Dynasty are not good men and women, they have a big appetite, and they are not something that Taiwan can fill." Zheng Sen sneered.

Liu Ziguang thought so, Wen Jun made a mess in Shanghai and Jiangyin Fortress, but these people were lonely in the Song Dynasty who were hanging overseas, and they didn't believe in their homeland.

The situation in the South China Sea is complicated, Liu Ziguang sighed, came to the window, looked at the sparkling sea, several seagulls swept through the sky, the sunset dyed the white sails of the warships around the flagship into gold, and the signal soldiers on the airship used flags to hit the news that they were about to arrive in the Zhoushan Islands, and there was a sail shadow in the distance, Zheng Sen raised the clairglass to look at it, and then shouted excitedly: "My lord, it is the Zhejiang sailor who is greeting us." ”

"Honk." Liu Ziguang ordered the fleet to suddenly sound a long whistle, the Zhejiang fleet was stunned for a moment, and then also whistled to salute, the whistle sounded on the sea, and the seabirds flew across the sea, which was a kind of etiquette when the trains met on the road, and from today onwards, it has become a etiquette for the sailors to pay tribute to each other.

The Southern Expedition Fleet added a new force, and the Zhejiang Naval Division suddenly became like a tiger with wings, and the Ming Dynasty's Naval Division included the Zhejiang Naval Division and the Guangdong Naval Division, which had the best equipment and actual combat experience, while the Southern Zhili Naval Division was just some old-fashioned naval divisions on the Fu Boat, and after the toss of the process of Liangjue and Liu Ziguang's blow, it could only be an empty shell in a short period of time, so before the Zhejiang Naval Division joined, the Southern Expeditionary Fleet could only be regarded as a transport fleet, at least in the eyes of General Shi Lang, the Admiral of the Zhejiang Naval DivisionSuch.

General Shi Lang came to Liu Ziguang's flagship in a small boat to pay homage to the strange facilities of the Shanghai, so that he, an old sailor for many years, could not understand that Liu Dashuai was a famous general in the 6th war, and everyone knew this, but let a person who fought in 6 wars to command the sailor, could he do it?

Looking at the bells and whistles on this ship, it doesn't look like a serious person fighting a naval battle, Shi Lang sneered while quickly stepping forward to salute Liu Ziguang.

"Shi Lang, the chief soldier of the Zhejiang Navy Division, see the Inspector." Shi Lang lifted his battle robe, knelt on the ground, and said loudly, this person's face is full of wind and frost, and at first glance, he is an old sailor who often haunts the sea.

"Shi Lang? Jinghai Hou Shilang? Liu Ziguang asked.