Chapter 63: Let's make a bet

After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty was still there, and later the Zheng family occupied Taiwan and used the island as a base for many years. In order to subdue the Zheng family, the Fujian Sailor has always been the strongest among the Sailors.

It was not until Zheng Chenggong's grandson Zheng Kexuan returned to Shun during the Kangxi period that the Fujian sailors gradually lost their usefulness, and they were slightly eliminated in Kangxi's later years.

However, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and after Yongzheng ascended the throne, he strengthened the establishment of each naval division and increased the allocation of military funds.

As soon as I entered the camp of the Fujian Navy Division, the sound of drills came to my face, which was transmitted into the eardrums, and it was all the vigorous vitality of agitation.

The rows of warships in the camp are majestic with flags.

Yongzheng was a little satisfied: "How many warships are there in the Navy Division now?" ”

Fucha Jin Baojiu also woke up, and replied very quickly: "Back to the emperor, the Fujian Navy Division currently has 11 large ships, each of which can carry 80 officers and soldiers, and 15 small ships, each of which can carry 35 officers and soldiers. There were more than 130 dinghys, and there were 19,680 sailors. ”

Sounds pretty good.

Chi Xia nodded secretly and whispered a few words to Nian Xiyao.

She was a little curious about whether there were any artillery on the battleships of the Fujian Navy Division.

After all, they are the only sailors who have experienced many years of "actual combat" with the Zheng clan, and they should better understand the importance of artillery in naval warfare.

Nian Xiyao was also curious, and after seeing that Fucha Jinbao had finished his introduction, he asked: "Lord Fucha, is the battleship equipped with artillery?" ”

Fucha Jinbao said in a stacked voice: "Some have, the big ship is equipped with six guns, and the small ship is equipped with two. ”

Nian Xiyao came to the spirit: "What about the range?" ”

"It's not too far, probably less than five miles." Fucha Jinbao wiped the cold sweat on his forehead: "It is mainly affected by the carrying capacity of the ship and the strong wind at sea. ”

Chi Xia frowned, she basically relearned modern history along the way, especially the history of war.

During the Opium War, Britain's most advanced warships, with a single displacement of 3,000 tons, could carry more than 70 guns.

Even if the range and performance of the cannon are not considered for the time being, in terms of quantity, the entire Fujian naval division is not as good as the two British ships.

If you add the parameters of range and accuracy, I'm afraid that this fleet is not enough for two ships to fight.

Fucha Jinbao saw that after he finished speaking, Nian Xiyao was silent and did not speak, thinking that they did not understand the market very well, so he hurriedly added.

"In addition to the artillery on the battleship, our Fujian Navy Division has also built more than 100 city wall batteries in various harbor fortresses, and deployed 200 artillery pieces.

said it very passionately, if he didn't know about this tragic data comparison, Chi Xia would have listened to it with excitement.

It can be seen that this Fucha Jinbao still has two brushes, at least the business is not very bad, and he knows his own family background clearly, not Cao Hao's kind of "one question and three don't know".

Moreover, in the camp of the sailors, the officers and men were practicing water battles on small ships, and although he himself slipped out to fish, he did not slack off on the drills below.

It's just that the quality of the equipment doesn't match his confidence.

Chi Xia secretly shook his head at Yongzheng, indicating that his level was far from enough.

Not to mention dominating the sea, it is not even possible to defend against the enemy outside the country.

Yongzheng "saw" the ships of the sailors in the late Qing Dynasty, except for the ones purchased from foreign countries with a lot of money, and the current description of Fucha Jinbao is not too different, thinking that the sailors have not developed in the past hundred years, he feels both sad and ashamed.

If he hadn't started all over again, he would never have realized that it was the ignorance and arrogance of himself and his descendants that buried the future and destiny of the country step by step.

After watching a lap and returning to the camp, Fucha Jinbao felt that he had "redeemed" a little trust, although he was still trembling, but he finally dared to pass by to say goodbye.

"Lord Li ordered a few days ago that the emperor should live in the camp of the sailor on this trip, and the servant has personally led people to clean up a courtyard."

Yongzheng nodded: "There are not so many courtesies when you go out, get up and talk." ”

This is to see that the water master is in good condition, and he is not going to punish him severely.

Either way, his life was saved.

Fucha Jinbao was overjoyed and enthusiastically introduced how quiet and elegant the courtyard was.

Yongzheng interrupted as soon as he raised his hand: "This is all a trivial matter, the top priority is to transform the battleship of the naval division, you have to cooperate with Zhao Concubine and Nian, and they also brought a battleship of the Tianjin naval division." ”

"The battleship of the Tianjin Naval Division?" Fucha Jin Bao was stupid: "How can it compare to our Fujian sailors...... Well, the minister said that although the battleships of the Tianjin Navy Division were faster, they did not even carry artillery, and if there was really a naval battle, I am afraid that they would suffer. ”

Nian Xiyao was a humble gentleman, and he was originally very unaccustomed to Fucha Jinbao, thinking that he was just a gentleman.

Now that he knows the parameters of the Tianjin Navy Battleship well, his impression of this admiral who "goes to work and solicits prostitution" has barely changed a little.

took the initiative to explain to him: "Yes, so Concubine Zhao Niangniang has slightly modified the warship, and when the transformation is completed, presumably the combat power can also be greatly improved, and it is not worse than the "big ship" that Lord Fucha just mentioned." ”

He doesn't like to boast, and he says it very implicitly.

But in fact, less than half of the ships they have just renovated are far superior to these warships of the Fujian Navy Division.

Fucha Jinbao didn't care: "Even if it's really the same as our warship, how can the people of the Tianjin Navy Division have the ability to understand the water like those boys in our battalion?" ”

Most of the Fujian sailors were recruited from Fujian, and many of them grew up on fishing boats since childhood.

There are also several names called "sea sheng" and "oars", as the name suggests, the parents are fishermen, which is directly born on the fishing boat, when the oars are born.

Most of the Tianjin naval divisions were the inland Han Army and the Eight Banners Army. He dared to say unashamedly that in his sailor camp, I am afraid that the worst water quality is him, a foreign admiral.

Fucha Jinbao said proudly: "It's not a slave boasting, except for the slave, you can pull someone casually in the big camp, even if it is a logistics cook, it is better than the water quality of the Tianjin Water Master." ”

Chi Xia didn't want to hit him, but: "Lord Fucha, naval battles are not better than floating water, for example, foreign ocean-going ships have huge hulls and smooth sailing, even if many foreign merchants can't swim at all, it will not prevent them from crossing the ocean." ”

Fucha Jinbao snorted, obviously disagreeing: "How can those red-haired and blue-eyed barbarians be compared with our sailors and athletes, everyone who sees our tea and silk is like a cat that sees a fishy smell, and they can't wait to post it and beg us to sell them more." ”

His eyebrows fluttered as he spoke, and his pride and arrogance were completely overflowing.

This look, even the always proud Nian General couldn't stand it anymore: "Lord Fucha praised the Fujian Sailors as nothing in the sky and on the earth, but don't look back and lose to Shi Shibi's Tianjin Sailors in practice." ”

Fucha Jinbao almost jumped up: "No way!" ”

Chi Xia frowned: "Since that's the case, then we might as well try to fight." ”