Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 1227

"Your ironclad ships will be dispatched to Europe and incorporated into the Fourth Fleet. After arriving in London, all actions will be under the command of the commander of the Fourth Fleet." Facing the officers and men of the Ironclad General Fubo, Nelson announced their next plan. Task.

The captain of General Fubo is Zheng Zhilong's third brother, Zheng Zhibao.The three brothers of the Zheng family, one Zheng Zhilong is the commander of the Beiyang Fleet, the other Zheng Zhihu followed the North American expedition team to the San Francisco Bay Area, and Zheng Zhibao is the new captain of the iron-clad ship General Fubo. It can be said that they are quite popular with Chu Yun .

The naval officers and soldiers including Zheng Zhibao were deeply surprised when they heard that their group would be sent to the West and included in the formation of the Fourth Fleet.

Many of them guessed that the iron-clad ship General Fubo they were on would be included in the Zhili Fleet defending the capital, but they did not expect that it would be the fourth fleet farthest from the capital.

"What are we doing in the West?" Zheng Zhibao asked on behalf of the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Fleet.

"Be prepared to fight at any time! Several countries in Europe are at war. The mission of your Admiral Fubo is exactly the same as that of the Fourth Fleet. That is to protect the interests of our local merchants and merchant ships, and to wait for the capital at any time. Orders to London!" said Nelson.

"Yes!" The officers and soldiers of the iron-clad ship were surprised, but according to the minister's tone, their assignment to the Fourth Fleet is a certainty. Their warship needs to be dispatched to the city of London in Western Britain to become the No. [-] fleet. An ironclad ship in Europe.

"Five ships from the Fourth Fleet returned to the mainland with the fleet of the Western Trading Company. Their ships stopped at Lushunwei. You are preparing supplies for the city of London. Our Admiralty will provide two large sailing ships specialized in coal transportation to sail for you. Provide supplies. There are also our factories in the ports of the Mughal Empire, and there should be coal trade in the local area, and you can get certain supplies on the way.”

"Before you prepare to go to Europe, you ironclads can have a brief exchange with the officers and soldiers of the other five sailing warships of the Fourth Fleet. After all, you will be part of the Fourth Fleet in the future." Nelson reminded.

"I obey..." Zheng Zhibao took a deep breath, they were going to Europe soon after practicing.

Ocean voyages and possible naval battles are the best tempering for the newly joined ironclad ships of the Admiralty.

After Nelson conveyed the ownership of the General Fubo, he went to the Logistics Department of the Ministry of the Navy, and the Logistics Department dispatched two supply ships to resupply the General Fubo.

At present, the only ironclad ship has become the favorite of the Admiralty, and everyone regards it as a treasure. It is not too much for everyone to have two special galleons as its exclusive supply ships.

If Chu Yun knew the careful thinking of the Admiralty, he would laugh at them for their ineffectiveness.

Now that the first ironclad ship can be produced, as long as the national strength is stable, more and stronger ironclad ships can be produced continuously like dumplings.

The reason why more ironclad ships have not been manufactured one after another is mainly because there is no demand yet.

"We are going to Weihaiwei, where there are warships of the Fourth Fleet. As the minister said, we should get in touch with the people of the Fourth Fleet before going to the West." Zheng Zhibao said.

On the deck of the iron-clad ship General Fubo, a young man wearing a cadet navy uniform was cleaning the deck.

"Li Dingguo, clean up the deck later, our ship is ready to go to sea!"

A group of formal soldiers returned to the deck and saw a few trainee soldiers who were still cleaning the deck, so they said.

"Where are you going?" the trainee soldier named Li Dingguo asked with a mop.

"Weihaiwei!" Said the navy soldier who had a good relationship with Li Dingguo.

"Second Lieutenant Chen, what are we going to Lushunwei for? That's where the Fourth Fleet is stationed. Could it be that our ironclad ships have been incorporated into the Fourth Fleet?" asked the trainee soldier Li Dingguo in surprise.

"That's right, the minister has decided to classify our iron-clad warships as part of the Fourth Fleet, and we're going to Xiyang soon. Have you heard of Xiyang? It's the Xiyang where Mr. Sanbao left. It's just that the Xiyang we're going to is better than the one that Mr. Sanbao has been to before." The place is farther away." Said the junior naval officer known as Second Lieutenant Chen.

"Fourth Fleet? Isn't our ironclad ship assigned to the command of the Zhili Fleet?" Li Dingguo and other trainee naval soldiers who didn't know the news were puzzled.

"How can we do what the top leaders decide? They must have made such an arrangement after careful consideration. You should hurry up and help count the supplies needed for going to sea. We are ready to leave. When we arrive at Lushunwei, what do you have? A lot of time can be used to clean the deck," Second Lieutenant Chen said.

A group of trainee soldiers on the General Fubo, including Li Dingguo, looked at each other in blank dismay, and they all put down their chores and turned to prepare supplies for going to sea.

The Ministry of the Navy has expanded rapidly in the past ten years. From a few sailing battleships it has summoned to now has four fleets. There are more than 50 sailing battleships and frigates in combat, and there are nearly a hundred military supply ships of various types.

Due to the expansion of the Ministry of the Navy, the number of naval soldiers is seriously insufficient. The naval talents trained by the Navy Lecture Hall cannot meet the needs in a short time. Soldier.

Most of the recruited naval soldiers who have passed the physical fitness test are a group of young people between the ages of 16 and 20. They must first start as trainee soldiers, and after a period of study and observation, they can become formal naval soldiers. Into the establishment of the Ministry of the Navy.Although the naval soldiers recruited in this way are inevitably mixed, the source of soldiers is the fastest.

Li Dingguo was once a prisoner captured by the Kyushu Army when they wiped out Zhang Xianzhong, one of the leaders of the peasant army in Shaanxi. He passed the physical fitness test not long ago. Because of his excellent performance in the physical fitness test, he was sent to an iron-clad ship as a trainee soldier.

Li Dingguo, who was originally a pillar of the Southern Ming Dynasty, had undergone earth-shaking changes in his fate since he was very young because of the arrival of Chu Yun—he joined the Navy Department of the Kyushu Army as a naval trainee.

The ironclad ship General Fubo went to Lushunwei to join the five sailing warships of the Fourth Fleet moored at Lushunwei.

When the ironclad ships were mobilized, the 18 galleons that the Western Trading Company successfully returned to the mainland were loaded with a large amount of cargo, and they also purchased 3 galleons from the shipyard to supplement the ships lost due to crossing the ocean, preparing to set off for Europe again.

Only when caravans continue to travel between the East and the West, the trade routes will become more mature. At the same time, Western trading companies can obtain a lot of profits from the trade between the East and the West.

(End of this chapter)