Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 333 Crazy Expansion of the Pro Army
Wubei City Shipyard.

Looking at the huge Aegis ship in front of him, Taichang couldn't help showing a hint of complexity in his eyes.

This thing is indeed good, but it will take time to achieve mass production!

Right now, the first prototype is just a giant frame.

He wants to lead a fleet composed entirely of Aegis ships across the world, but unfortunately, it will take at least a few years for this dream to come true!

He couldn't wait now, he had to send troops to Dongpu this year!
Because he wasn't sure if the Dutch would stop after their last defeat.

It would be best if you let it go.

If the Dutch are not reconciled and unconvinced and insist on getting back this place, it will be troublesome.

If the Dutch want to regain their place, they will definitely transfer a large number of warships and armed merchant ships from Europe.

And with Ming's current shipbuilding capabilities, it would take at least a few years to overwhelm the current maritime overlord.

In other words, if the Dutch decide to fight with Daming Hard Steel, then Daming will have to deal with it with all his strength in the next few years.

If the Japanese pirates in Japan took the opportunity to send troops again in the past few years, Daming would be attacked on both sides, and he would be in a mess.

Therefore, he had to get rid of the hidden danger of Japan before the Dutch were ready. At that time, Daming would be able to deal with the current maritime overlord with all his strength.

If he had waited another year or two, the Dutch would have assembled an army and prepared to go to war with Ming.

This kind of thing is completely possible, he has to guard against it!

He thought about it carefully, and then asked, "Yangfu, how long do you think it will take to finish this Aegis ship?"

This one.

Wang Zheng pondered for a while, and then said carefully: "Your Majesty, if you want to go out on the Aegis ship, you may have to wait for half a year."

He didn't dare to brag anymore, if something unexpected happened, it would be troublesome if the emperor's grand plan of expedition to Japan was ruined.

Half a year is nothing.

After all, the Netherlands is tens of thousands of miles away from Ming Dynasty, and it will take one or two years to mobilize a large number of warships to the Far East to fight against Ming Dynasty, and these two years are a good opportunity to clean up Japan.

Hearing this, Taichang nodded slightly and said, "Well, half a year is fine, and it will take about half a year for us to make complete preparations. However, we can't just build the Aegis ship, and we must build as many other ships as possible. We must add other ships. The output of ships, after all, Japan is an island country, we need a large number of ships to transport troops."

Uh, this.

It's not that Wang Zheng doesn't want to increase the output of other ships. The problem is that the shipyard has no place!

He pointed helplessly at the densely packed waterways of the docks and said, "Your Majesty, look, this place is already crowded and there is no room left. I am also worried about this. If the Aegis ships are to be mass-produced, this one alone will be the only one." Certainly not the dock waterway."

There is no place here, and there is still a large area on the north bank.

Taichang said without hesitation: "Let's build another shipyard on the north bank, and open ten more waterways there to build Spike warships. This kind of warship is the fastest to build and has a good troop transport capacity, and it can also be used in inland waterways. , as many as you can build are useful. You can use the remaining space to build Aegis ships."

Build another shipyard?
This is good.

The problem is that it takes time to build a shipyard, and it takes a lot of manpower to build a shipyard and dig waterways.

Wang Zheng thought for a while and then asked carefully: "Your Majesty, is there still time? After all, building a shipyard is not a matter of a day or two, and building a shipyard and digging waterways requires a lot of manpower and a lot of time. With enough manpower, it would be great if we could build a new shipyard in half a year. Not only will we not be able to build a new ship, but the progress of shipbuilding here will also be affected."

Lots of people!
Taichang didn't answer and asked instead: "Is there any problem in building ten docks for making Spike warships in one month?"

This is not a big problem. Compared with repairing city walls, building factories and digging waterways, building a shipyard is much simpler, and does not require a lot of manpower.

Wang Zheng just made a little calculation and nodded again and again: "This is definitely no problem."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then said decisively: "Okay then, you can send people to choose a site later, and build a dock directly opposite, and you don't need to worry about other things, I will send people to do it."

Don't worry about other things?

It takes one month to build a grid city, but also to build factories, dig waterways, build craftsmen's residences, etc. How many people are needed!

Where does the emperor come from so many people?
Wang Zhengzheng was puzzled, when a messenger from the Shenji Battalion suddenly ran over in a hurry, panting and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Qin Minping, Ma Xianglin and other generals from the Southwest have arrived."

it is good!
Taichang patted Wang Zheng on the shoulder, and told him, "Liangfu, please work hard, quickly organize people to build the dock, and prepare some machine tools and materials. Next month, the new shipyard opposite will also start building wolf teeth." Battleship."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand and led a group of personal guards to the dock of the shipyard.

This time he not only transferred Qin Minping, Ma Xianglin and other generals from the Southwest, Hu Dawei and Sun Zushou who were stationed in Fengyang Mansion also transferred him back to the capital.

The generals of the Long Camp, the Shenji Camp, the Shenwu Camp and the Shenji Battalion gathered together, and the meeting hall was full of laughter.

These generals had fought against Jiannu in Liaodong, and went through life and death together, and their relationship was not so good.

They were chatting in full swing, when suddenly there was a loud singing outside the gate: "The emperor is here."

Qi Jin and Cao Wenzhao heard the sound, and hurriedly greeted a group of generals to line up neatly on both sides of the hall, waiting respectfully.

Soon, Taichang hurried in with big strides.

All the generals hurriedly cupped their hands and said in unison: "Welcome to the emperor."

Taichang nodded slightly, hurriedly walked to the back of the case and sat down, then said kindly with a smile on his face: "Everyone, I have been waiting for a long time. I just went to Wubei City, and it took me a while to get back."

These generals have indeed been waiting for a long time. After all, Wubei City is more than three hundred miles away from the capital. It's been a long time.

However, the emperor also made a special explanation, which was really unexpected.

All the faces of the generals showed emotion.

Immediately afterwards, Taichang said solemnly: "The main reason for inviting everyone to come here this time is to discuss the expansion of the Shenji Camp and the Shenwu Camp."

what?
Although the Shenji Battalion and the Shenwu Battalion only had 5 troops, their equipment was quite terrifying.

Not to mention the Shenwu Battalion, the armored cavalry can be described as powerful in the world.

The Shenji Battalion is even more incredible, with muskets and cannons, chariots and weapons of various lengths, land battles are invincible.

The emperor actually wants to expand the Shenji Battalion and Shenwu Battalion, the generals really did not expect it.

Taichang immediately continued: "The time for this expansion is relatively urgent, and it needs to be simple and fast. I think we can do this first. Each of you will pick two lieutenants to come out, and first lead 2 horses to practice. As for the grade and establishment We will slowly adjust and improve it in the future.”

Each person brings 2 horses to practice?
There are twenty military generals in this lobby!
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Cao Wenzhao couldn't help but cupped his hands and asked, "Your Majesty, do you mean that the Shenji Camp and the Shenwu Camp will be expanded to 40 horses?"

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said, "Yes, both the Shenji Camp and the Shenwu Camp have been expanded to 20, and the total is 40."

This is too crazy!
Qi Jin couldn't help but cupped his hands and asked, "Your Majesty, are you planning to lead the Shenji Camp and Shenwu Camp to the Eastern Ocean?"

Taichang still nodded without hesitation and said: "Yes, the troops in other places cannot move, and the capital must also leave a large army to garrison. I can only take the Shenji Battalion and Shenwu Battalion to go out."

This is true, if people in other places move, there may be problems. It seems that the only ones who can go out are the Shenji Camp and the Shenwu Camp.

Question, 40 horses!
The Shenji Camp and the Shenwu Camp were equivalent to an expansion of 30.

How many weapons and equipment are needed for 30 horses?
This expedition to Japan to fight Japanese pirates can't go empty-handed, right?
Qi Jin couldn't help reminding: "Your Majesty, what about the expanded weapons and equipment of 30 horses?"

Naturally, Taichang had already considered this.

Without hesitation, he said: "Let's equip the newly created troops with long spears and sword shields first. As for guns and cannons, you can equip as many as you have. Let's forget about chariots and war horses for the time being. These cross-sea transportation is very troublesome. Anyway, Dongying people The most equipped is the Japanese sword, which belongs to the short blade, as long as the spear is good, it is still very easy to beat them."

This also makes sense. Didn't the Qi family army suppress the Japanese pirates with their long weapons back then?

Question, 30 horses, if all equipped with spears and sword shields, it would be 90 pieces!
It's easy to talk about a long spear, as long as you give it a spear head, you can make a gun barrel yourself, but swords and shields are not so easy to make.

Can Taichang complete 30 knives and 30 shields in just half a year?
(End of this chapter)