The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 426 Zheng Zhilong's Confidence
"This, how is this possible?" Zheng Du was surprised, "The artillery of his fifty ships can overwhelm the two hundred Gahas?!"

Zheng Zhilong nodded, "Why is this impossible? If my prediction is correct, the Ming army must have built a plywood ship."

"Plywood ship?" Zheng Du was stunned, "Just like the "Wei" warship we imitated Hongyi?"

The plywood ship is what the Ming people called the Galen ship, because one of the most obvious features of this ship compared with the Chinese sailing ship is that there is a special gun deck between the open deck and the bilge, just like a gun deck sandwiched between the hull. One or two floors, hence the name.Of course, this is only in the waters of East Asia. European naval powers have already installed a large number of heavy battleships with a three-layer gun deck and a displacement of more than [-] tons.

Zheng Zhilong nodded, "The cannon fire is extremely fierce, and you can win more with less, I thought over and over again, this should be the only possibility.

"If the Ming army really has three or four warships like the "Longwei", and with proper command, it is not impossible to defeat Gaha's Qiantang Navy."

"They actually have three or four warships with the name "Wei"?!" Zheng Du was surprised again.His Zheng family worked hard for more than ten years, recruited craftsmen from Nanyang, and stole Hongyi's pattern, so he created the five "Wei" brand names.And when my father left Fujian, he took all the ships and set fire to the shipyard. How could Zheng Sen build three or four ships in a few months? !

At this time, if someone told Zheng Sen that the navy of the Ming army not only had four plywood ships, but also was stronger than the "Wei" brand name built by his Zheng family, and that there were three or four other ships that were rushing to work day and night on the berth, I am afraid that his eyes would be blind. Fall out in shock.

You know, the "Wei" warship that Zheng Zhilong is very proud of is only a 300-material warship, which is [-] to [-] tons.This is not even comparable to the [-]-ton "small" ships such as the Fuzhou and Jianchang of the Daming Navy, and it is more than double the size of the [-]-ton Shaowu, let alone the one on the Yongbeili slipway. Eight hundred tons of "behemoth".

In fact, Galen warships are definitely a brand new thing for Eastern shipbuilders.If Zhu Linming hadn't been immersed in the "Steel Blood Forum" all year round, and had many models of sailing warships, she would definitely not be able to draw detailed drawings of warships.

Rao is very familiar with the hull structure, but he also encountered many difficulties in details during the specific construction.Fortunately, there were two Nanyang shipbuilders recruited by Zheng Zhilong before, and the master Pan Mingzhong dug by Jin Yiwei from the Luzon Shipyard later, together with thousands of craftsmen from the Ming Dynasty, they were able to successfully turn the drawings into real warships. Boat.

But Zheng Zhilong did not have the experience of those later generations, and he was completely blinded when he built the Galen ship.For the length and width ratio of the hull alone, he tried repeatedly for three or four years, and built no less than fifty hulls with different proportions for testing. Finally, he combined with the stolen Dutch ship repairer's blueprints to finally determine it.

Similar are the size of the mast, the assembly position of the front and rear masts, the thickness of the hull, the structure of the cabin, the structure of the gun mount, the shape of the soft sail, etc., each of which must be tackled from scratch.Therefore, they were able to build five Galen ships of about [-] tons in just over ten years, which is already an incredible speed.

However, these problems are not a problem at all for Zhu Linmi who came from later generations.He even has many sailing technologies of the [-]th and [-]th centuries in his mind, such as clipper ships, schooners, heavy battleships, Ressa ships, etc., but they are limited by the processing capabilities of shipbuilders and cannot be realized for the time being.

If all these types of ships can be built, not to mention the Daming sea area, even the traditional European sailing powers will be hard to come by!
But Zheng's father and son, who knew nothing about Zhu Linming's terrifying knowledge reserve, were still living in their own delusions.

"The two Nanyang shipwrights must have joined Zheng Sen!" Zheng Du said angrily, "It's only because Uncle Chen didn't kill the two of them before leaving that Nanming made the plywood boat."

"Chen Hui is nostalgic, I shouldn't have asked him to do this." Zheng Zhilong shook his head with some annoyance, "But even with these two people, the craftsmen at Nan'an Shipyard couldn't have built it so quickly. "

He didn't know that two shipyards in Fujian had already used the "big killer" gantry crane, and the speed of shipbuilding had been greatly increased.Coupled with Zhu Linmi's promotion of performance-based wages and process standardization among craftsmen, the efficiency of the entire shipyard has more than doubled compared to before!
Zheng Du doubted: "Then these ships..."

"I'm afraid they bought it from Hongyi..." Zheng Zhilong frowned, "It's just that these Yi people have lived on ships for generations, and they value warships, especially large ships, more than their lives. Back then, I promised them a lot of money and they didn't Sell ​​it, but I don't know what tricks Mingren used to make him tempted."

He shook his head vigorously, as if he wanted to drive away all kinds of bad feelings, "Fortunately, the Nanming Navy is fledgling. As soon as my brigade of warships sails into Qiantang, even if there are a few plywood boats, it will be difficult to resist me The army is under heavy siege!"

Zheng Zhilong said this with some confidence.

During the reign of Chongzhen, the Helan people vainly tried to monopolize the trade in the East, and cooperated with the Ming pirate Liu Xiang to plunder around the coast of China, and vainly tried to capture Nan'ao, Xiamen and other places.

The ambitions of the Helan people were in serious conflict with Zheng Zhilong, who essentially dominated the maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty at that time. In addition, the Ming court ordered Zheng Zhilong, who had been ordered by Zhao'an, to repel the barbarians who invaded the territory of the Ming Dynasty. In the sixth year of Chongzhen, Zheng Zhilong led nearly a thousand The warship launched an attack on the Dutch-Liuxiang coalition forces anchored in Liuluo Bay.

At that time, the Helan people had only five medium and large Galenic warships and nearly ten small armed merchant ships, plus a hundred Liuxiang pirate ships.

Although the size of his fleet is small, Zheng Zhilong still suffers a lot from the heavy shelling of Galen ships.However, Zheng Zhilong still relied on his skilled command and absolute numerical superiority to divide and encircle the Helan people, and set fire to the Helan warship with extremely fast speed, and finally won the battle.

At present, Zheng Zhilong has five more powerful plywood ships in his hand compared to the battle at Liuluowan. At the same time, the number of Daming Navy is more than double that of the Dutch-Liu Xiang coalition forces back then.Therefore, he was very confident that as long as his warship arrived at Qiantang, it would not be difficult to defeat the navy of the Ming army.

He proudly continued: "Just wait for Qiantang to be reopened, Master Hong's [-] troops will go south, within a month's time Fujian will surely be settled. At that time, I will take the merit of destroying the navy of the Ming army and ask the imperial court to be stationed in my hometown in Quanzhou. His surname is still Zheng!"

It's just that he never thought that the Daming Navy is different from the Lan people who are aggressive and eager to dominate the Eastern Sea. Before they are absolutely sure to defeat Zheng Zhilong's huge fleet, their main task is to contain strategically, so how can they give Jianlu A chance for the navy to make a quick decision?
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