It is not for nothing that Yang Zhenneng was appointed to be in charge of the Marine Corps training class, and he can be said to be the most senior amphibious warfare expert in the Ming Dynasty.

As a witness who has witnessed Daming from the brink of collapse to the current step since he was a child, Yang Zhen does not pursue fame and fortune much, and he also knows that his ability is limited and he can't open the bow left and right, so he picked a good position for himself early, and then took root in one aspect and studied it for half a lifetime.

And the aspect he chose was naturally amphibious warfare.

Starting from learning the organizational models and tactics of Britain and France, to developing completely according to the national conditions of his country, Yang Zhen has made great contributions to the construction of the Ming Marine Corps, and he also proposed the construction of a new large-scale Marine Corps unit with independent combat capability.

In fact, this proposal was written by him two years ago, but it was never adopted until this year.

"Tsk, this son is not trivial."

The sun was setting, and Yang Zhen, who had returned to his mansion, carefully reviewed Zhou Changfeng's work, and couldn't help but sigh to himself after reading it.

In terms of tactical thinking, application, organization, coordination, support, and many other aspects, this essay of just a few thousand words is actually mentioned, and it is quite brilliant.

Although limited by space, there is not much ink on each aspect, but it is enough to show the skill of the writer - quite detached in thought, but not unrealistic.

In particular, the rhetoric in the tactical organization coincided with his own, and he was quite interested in his own appetite, which made Yang Zhen extremely satisfied for a while.

In this case, if you look at other people's generalizations, you will suddenly feel bored.

Even Yan Chenwu, who he is quite optimistic about, is overshadowed by his writings, a little dull and old-fashioned.

"There is really no shortage of talents in our country." Yang Zhen sighed as he dialed the phone number of Xu Zhanhao's mansion.

"Zhichong, this circumference wind you picked up can be regarded as a treasure, how did you dig it up from the forbidden army?"

Xu Zhanwei on the other end of the phone was slightly stunned, and involuntarily recalled the encounter with the forbidden army a few days ago.

He pretended to be relaxed and replied: "I discussed it, he still has to give me this face." ”

In fact, Xu Zhanwei broke his teeth and swallowed it in his stomach, because Pang Lingqi's old thing took away a full twenty bottles of aged Moutai and dozens of bottles of Mianzhu Daqu and Luzhou Daqu from him!

Not to mention the latter, those twenty bottles of aged Moutai alone are worth at least a few thousand yuan!

Xu Zhanwei felt that he and Pang Lingqi were a pair of enemies, because he loved to collect wine, but he didn't drink much; And Pang Lingqi loves fine wine very much, and he doesn't like to drink without wine, but he doesn't like to collect.

As a result, on the grounds of digging the foot of the wall, Xu Zhanhuan's collection of fine wine in the past few years can be said to have been swept away.

This is not the end, because in addition to Pang Lingqi, there is also Huang Taize, the commander of the Third Mixed Brigade, who is on his way back to Beijing, and I heard that he is ready to come to Xingshi to ask for guilt!

Xu Zhanwei, who couldn't say what was bitter, was very helpless, but at this moment, in the face of his old friends who were full of interest, he could only cater and say, "What makes you so happy?" What did that kid do? ”

So Yang Zhen briefly described it, and sighed that it was really the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves.

Xu Zhanwei also heartily echoed a few words, it is naturally a great thing to be able to dig up a treasure, how can a good general be comparable to a mediocre general?

Seeing that his old friend was so satisfied, he felt for a while that he had been blackmailed away from so much wine as if it was not a loss.

Zhou Changfeng, who had handed in the essay he had written early and left, naturally didn't know the current situation, and at the moment he was enjoying dinner with Xia Xiaoshi.

Otherwise, why write so fast? If you have nothing to do, how good is it to write slowly?

At the same time, in Wuhan Mansion, thousands of miles away, the luxury train that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was riding slowly stopped next to the platform in the sound of a "woo" whistle.

This is a special steam locomotive designed and manufactured by Kua E Heavy Machinery Company, with a composite three-cylinder, two external low-pressure cylinders and an internal high-pressure cylinder, loaded with 36 tons of water and 12 tons of coal, axle number 2-8-4, six-section group, normal maximum output of 2,400 horsepower.

Its most significant exterior feature is that the locomotive is surrounded by a streamlined fairing, and its tested maximum speed is up to 130 km/h, with an average operating speed of around 90 km/h.

This kind of experimental high-speed steam locomotive is not uncommon in the world, but it is usually only used to test new technologies, and because of the relatively high operating costs, there are not many people who actually use it in private passenger transportation.

Except for the two cars dedicated to the emperor and one for the crown prince, there are only 12 cars in operation, which represent the highest level of train passenger transportation in the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Highness, everything is correct, everything is arranged."

"Let's go."

Zhu Likai made a special trip to inspect the newly built automobile production line of Yangyue Company, as an important embodiment of the country's hard power, Daming's foundation in this regard is too weak.

Last year, the total output of Daming automobiles was only more than 70,000 units, which was a little more than that of Italy, and could not be compared with Britain and France, which produced hundreds of thousands of vehicles, let alone the United States, which produced more than 4 million vehicles.

Obviously, everyone is not so much compared to Italy, the two are far from each other, and there is no comparison.

Since it was already evening today, it was impossible to rush to inspect it, so it was natural to rest for the night.

Although the emperor asked him to stay in the palace of Wuhan Mansion, the fundamental rules still had to be followed, so Zhu Likai stayed in the side hall that night.

By the next morning, the fiery sun had already risen, and the thoroughfares of the nine provinces in September were still hot, and it would probably not turn cool until October.

At the front are twelve motorcycles to open the way, and then there are eighteen open-top off-road vehicles, each car has a flag number, and there are honor guards such as Qingdao, Jiangyin, Bai Ze, and Xuzhi, and there are two brocade guards standing at the same time.

Then there were the four bulletproof sedans in which Zhu Ligong and his attendant officials were riding, and there were more than a dozen three-wheeled sidecar motorcycles on either side of them; In addition to the twelve off-road vehicles at the rear of the convoy, there were even two Trinity four-wheeled armored vehicles.

With a breeze blowing and flags fluttering, the ceremonial guard has been simplified, but the pomp and circumstance are still huge.

The factory of Yangyue company's new production line is located in Hanyang County, and the Ming people generally call the industrial park "workshop", in which the word "fang" is taken from the meaning of the Sui and Tang dynasties, that is, the square area, such as the well-known Chang'an one hundred and eight squares.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's personal arrival is obviously not negligent, the Hanyang County Inspection Department is responsible for the perimeter guard, and the internal security is solely responsible for the Jinyi Guard.

I saw that hundreds of company employees and employees had been waiting for a long time at the gate of the workshop, and on the roof of the factory inside, a figure could be vaguely seen shaking.

There are also several Jinyi guards on the water tower, one of whom is holding a Swiss K31 straight-pull bolt rifle, but he is equipped with a two-two-type triple scope from Hangzhou Jingrui Optical Company, and he is cautiously watching the movements around him at the moment.

(End of chapter)