1825 My New Daming

Chapter 347 The Combined Fleet Navigates the Caribbean Freely! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

Rouge alley, big black house.

On a pavilion, there is a casual banquet, which is the time for the host and guest to enjoy themselves.

The seat that Tokugawa Qizhao set up for Zhuge Weidao is really "characteristic".There are a lot of various dishes, such as carp miso soup, sea bream sashimi, fish plate, sweet egg roll, yokan, wild duck meat, salt grilled squid, steamed abalone, mullet roe, etc., all of which are used The black lacquered wooden boxes, wooden trays, and wooden bowls are served in a very formal way.In addition, sake and rice are prepared.

Zhuge Weidao, who is married to General Tokugawa's adopted daughter (Okoku Sora), knows that these dishes are already the highest standard of current Japanese cuisine-Tokugawa Iezari also eats this.But who cares if the food is good when you eat in the big black house in Yanzhi Hutong?The key is whether the "program" is good or not.

However, there is no special program arranged by Tokugawa Qizhao for Zhuge Weidao. In a Japanese room, there are Tokugawa Qizhao, Zhuge Weidao, Yu De, and a big black room where tea and wine are poured maid.

The speed of serving meals in the big black house is first fast and then slow. Let the guests satisfy their hunger first, and then they can talk about things or watch "programs" slowly after they are half full.

Tokugawa Qizhao didn't arrange any special program for Zhuge Weidao, of course he just talked about business while eating.He speaks Chinese fluently, so he doesn't need any translation, just talk about things directly.

"Ah, Mr. Zhuge," Tokugawa Qi Zhao said with a smile, "I heard that your country is preparing to send a mission to Vienna to participate in the peace conference?"

Zhuge nodded for the Tao, and said: "It is true. Nicholas I, Louis XVII and Franz I have all come forward to make peace, we naturally have to give a little face. And we also need time to rest and reconcile. Fleet reorganization, in this process, there will be a large number of cutting-edge hulls entering service, so it’s okay to talk about it for a few months.”

"Really?" Although Japan no longer has a navy in the true sense, Tokugawa Nariaki is still in charge of the navy, so when he heard "new ships", his eyes were red, "I don't know if there are any new ships." , can you reveal it?"

"Of course," Zhuge Weidao said, "In the next six months, in addition to the three Shuzhongwang-class aircraft-carrying battlecruisers that will all enter service, there will also be at least two Shihuang Shihuang with a standard displacement of 6 tons." There are not too many battlecruisers, 3 Hero-class battlecruisers with upgraded artillery and a standard row of 2 tons, 2.5 Kongming-class light cruisers, and some Warrior-class cruisers, escort-class destroyers and heavy mine destroyers. The advantage over the British navy can still be maintained."

Although the Hero Kai and Kongming-class light cruisers are not as dazzling as the Shihuang-class, Zhongwang-class, and Shuzhongwang-class, they are very practical warships.

Among them, the hero modification is to change the configuration of six double 280mm cannons to five double 300mm cannons arranged on the central axis. At the same time, it also strengthens the protection under the waterline and enlarges some hulls, making the standard displacement exceed 2 tons.However, the power system of the hero modification is still the same as that of the hero, so the speed is further slowed down, and it becomes a slow battleship.

The Kongming-class light cruiser is a large light cruiser with a standard displacement of more than 1.2 tons.The most distinctive feature of this light cruiser is the two triple-mounted 155mm turrets at the front and rear. Before this, Ming had never equipped a ship with triple-mounted turrets, and this was the first time!

If you use it well, you can try to install a large-caliber triple-mounted turret in the future.

In addition, the Kongming class also has two configurations: high speed and heavy mine.It will also be equipped with a 630 mm large steam gas torpedo, and its effective range will reach 10 kilometers.

It can be said that if this light cruiser is used well, it can completely kill a cruiser or even a battleship in seconds!
"That's not much?" Tokugawa Qi Zhaoxin said: "It's all dumplings, not many? And there are as many as eight large ships with a standard displacement of more than 2 tons! Once the industrial strength of the Ming Dynasty is brought into play, it will really It’s too scary, it seems that Japan’s decision to side with Daming is completely correct!”

"Mr. Zhuge," Tokugawa Qizhao put away his thoughts of envy, jealousy, and hatred, and said with a smile on his face, "So...in the next 6 months, it should be inconvenient for the Celestial Dynasty to fight the British again? "

Zhuge Weidao nodded, and said: "In the future, we still have to take a breather. It may not be six months, and there should be no major wars in three months."

Fighting and stopping may be the characteristic of this world war.After all, the tolerance of both sides is very strong, no one expects a quick victory, or a quick defeat, and it is even impossible to completely wipe out the other party in a single battle.

Tokugawa Qizhao seemed to be waiting for Zhuge Weidao's words, and immediately asked: "Since this is the case, it is not convenient for the Celestial Dynasty to send troops to North America to support the Texas battlefield in the next 6 months, right?"

really!

Zhuge said for Dao Xin: "You Japanese devils really want to colonize the United States!" He thought for a while, then nodded, and then looked at Tokugawa Qizhao intently.

"The army and Japan can do it for us. We can send a division to the Mexican Empire at any time!" Tokugawa Qi Zhao said, "But Texas can't fight without a navy! Texas doesn't have a railway to Mexico City, and its logistics supplies depend on water transportation." .

If China cannot send its navy into the Caribbean Sea.So can we, Japan, rebuild the navy and send a joint fleet? "

Now Zhuge Weidao was also taken aback: "What? Are you going to send a navy to the Caribbean? If you go to the Pacific Ocean and bypass South America, it will take about 2 nautical miles? If you go to Malacca, cross the Indian Ocean, bypass Africa, That would take [-] nautical miles, right? Is it too far?"

Zhuge Wei Daoxin said: "This distance is comparable to that of the Second Division of the Pacific Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War, which went all the way from the Baltic Sea to the Far East!

Is your Japanese Combined Fleet going to learn from Lao Maozi? "

Tokugawa Qi Zhao nodded, and said solemnly: "You are right, it is indeed a little far away. But in order to help the Mexicans resist the American invasion, why should my Japanese samurai be afraid of the long journey and the dangerous wind?"

Zhuge Weidao thought: "Are you devils going to help Mexico fight against the US? That sounds fair!
Although Ben Zhuge doesn't believe that you will be so righteous, but the Japanese devils want to go to America to make trouble for the old Americans, so they should be encouraged.After all, this is a good thing to win to eliminate troubles and kill to solve internal troubles. "

"Since that's the case... we should help with this job." Zhuge Weidao thought about it, "But let's forget about the new large ships, and it's impossible for you to form combat power in a short period of time.

But we can get you some old armored cruisers, cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats. "

Zhuge thought for a while, and then said: "Tokugawaden, you can propose a small-scale Caribbean fleet to cooperate with the Mexican emperor's navy."

"That's enough!" Tokugawa Qizhao was overjoyed immediately, "With these, the Texas World War I will be very sure!"

In fact, Tokugawa Qi Zhao did not intend to revive the Japanese navy, but really wanted to establish some colonies in North America... To establish colonies there, it is really impossible without a navy.

Without the navy, the Japanese city of Dezhou could easily be turned into an isolated city by the Americans.Without foreign aid, the siege can also be trapped to death.

Of course Zhuge Weidao also understood this reason, although he didn't expect the Japanese devils and the Mexican emperor's navy to defeat the United States.But how much can it last for a while?

As long as they can last for a year or two, the Ming Navy will be free to set up an expedition fleet to sail there.At that time, there might be a real chance to set fire to the White House...

Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao finally made his final decision, and said to Tokugawa Qizhao: "Tokugawa Dian, I will help you to formulate a plan later, and you can propose it. Our side will naturally pass it...so you go now It's time to summon the old navy department!"

(End of this chapter)