1825 My New Daming

Chapter 60 The Chief Adviser of the Dajin Kingdom Navy! (Seek collection, monthly pass, recommendation, follow-up)
"Brother [-], what do you think of the 'One Thousand Ships Plan' drafted by the Admiralty? Can the British be coaxed into following up?"

Seeing that Zhuge Weidao had finished reading the first document in the folder, Zhuge Weiyi, the Minister of the Admiralty, asked a question with a smile.

"Brother Ten, this is your handwriting, right? This draft is so well done." Zhuge Weidao hurriedly said the words of compliment, and said with a smile, "The British will definitely follow up. As long as they follow up, we are sure to win. Already!"

"The winning ticket is in your hands?" A "Black Zhuge" whose face was so dark that he almost caught up with Zhang Fei asked, shaking his feather fan, "Brother [-], do you still remember how powerful the British Royal Navy is? You know the British, French, What is the combined gross tonnage of the navies of Austria, Spain, Holland, Prussia, Sweden, Belgium, etc.?"

Zhuge Weidao didn't remember who this black Zhuge was?But before his wedding banquet started, Zhuge Weixue got photos of the main leaders of the Zhuge family for him to see, and he also told them their names, font sizes, rankings, occupations, and temperaments.

Of course, the photo of "Black Zhuge" is also included, so Zhuge Weidao knows that this black Zhuge in his 40s is taboo for use, with the word Hongyuan and line 51.He is currently the admiral of the Ming Beiyang Fleet, with the rank of lieutenant general.If nothing else, after his term as admiral of the Grand Fleet expires, he should be promoted to the position of Chief of Naval Staff or Chief of Naval Education.

"Brother 51," Zhuge Weidao said with a smile, "the current shipbuilding technology, artillery technology, and metallurgical technology are in the process of rapid progress, which can be described as changing with each passing day. The tonnage accumulated by using old technology will become a naval force in a short period of time. Therefore, as long as we are ahead of Western countries such as Britain and France in terms of shipbuilding and artillery technology, and update the fleet according to the plan, we can use the latest and strongest warships to fight against the outdated Western warships!"

"Black Zhuge" looked at Zhuge Weidao and smiled: "Daozi, do you really think the British will be so stupid as to wait for us to prepare everything before going to war? If they go to war tomorrow, what chance will we have of winning?" ?If they did not rush across the Strait of Malacca immediately after the war, and fought us in the minefields laid by the Nanyang Fleet, but adopted long-distance blockade tactics. Long-term isolation of us from the markets of Europe, India, and the Middle East, when How to break it? Now is not an era of commodity shortages. Since the end of the Napoleonic Wars, European industrial production has also increased significantly, and they have begun to engage in trade protection!
If you have a bad memory and have forgotten the strength of the British Navy, then I will remind you.In the past 20 years, the British have built a total of 40 ironclad ships of the 70th class and a total of 11 coastal defense ironclad ships of the 18th class. They have a total of 88 capital ships of various types, with a total tonnage of nearly 80 tons!And we only have a total of 11 ironclad ships at level 66, and the total tonnage is only 60 tons, which is only three-quarters of that of the United Kingdom!
And this is only the comparison of naval strength between us and the United Kingdom. If we count the ironclad ships of France, Austria, Spain, the Netherlands, Prussia, Sweden, Belgium, and Japan, the gap will be even greater!The tonnage of our navy's ironclad ships is only about 40.00% of theirs. Brother [-], you are also a navy, what chance do you think we have of winning? "

In fact, with Ming's industrial strength and financial resources, it is not impossible to surpass Britain in the tonnage of ironclad ships.But the Zhuge family's military advisers can pinch and count, and they know that it is too much money to do so. Because the technology is advancing too fast!For example, as soon as "Monarchy" and "Hongwu Emperor" came out, the previous ironclad ships were basically cool.These two types of ironclad ships have an empty displacement of more than [-] tons, and all indicators such as firepower, armor, speed, battery life, and seaworthiness have completely crushed the previous ironclad ships.It is not a problem to fight ten ships with one ship!
And when the new type of battleship (Dreadnought class) with an empty displacement of nearly [-] tons appeared, including the [-]-ton ironclad ship, all the previous ironclad ships were eliminated overnight!
Even ten ships of Sovereign Power can't defeat one Dreadnought!

And when the first world war started less than ten years after the dreadnought was born, who would want a dreadnought?

Therefore, in this era of ever-changing naval shipbuilding technology, whoever maintains an overly large navy will become the unlucky one who suffers the worst.

Of course, it is impossible for Daming not to throw money into the ironclad ship at all.Because there is not a sufficient number of ironclad ships, what should the British do when they come to the door with the Eight-Nation Allied Forces?
Under such circumstances, Ming can only maintain a certain number of ironclad ships to ensure a certain advantage in the Pacific Ocean, but there is also a problem with this "partial" advantage. Mining mines nearby, and then deploying large fleets in India and Australia, locking Ming to the east of Malacca and north of the East Indies, that would be quite difficult.

Because Ming's navy is not enough to support the army to break the British defense in Malacca and the Netherlands in Java Island, so that it cannot threaten India and Australia.At the same time, since the British fleet was deployed in India and Australia, Ming did not dare to deploy their main navy to besiege Japan or conquer the New World. However, Ming wanted to break the peace established by Britain in Europe and the Middle East by supporting Rakshasa. It is also impossible to maintain order, because there is no direct railway between Daming and the heartland of Luocha.

"That's why I used the opportunity of telling Daoguang's fortune to provoke the British in India." Of course Zhuge Weidao had something to say, "Britain, the Western hegemony, was created and can only be supported by a powerful army. We cannot lose Given an opponent like the Kingdom of Jin, who else would dare to follow the UK to challenge me to Da Mingwei?"

While talking, Zhuge Weidao looked at the "black Zhuge" Zhuge Weiyong, "Brother 51, what do you think of the younger brother's method?"

"This...really works?" Zhuge Wei frowned with a black face, as if he didn't quite believe it.

"It's definitely possible!" Zhuge Weidao nodded heavily, "I'm sure I'm sure!"

"Oh?" Zhuge Weiyong just responded casually, and he didn't seem to be persuaded, and the other Zhuges present also looked hesitant.

Obviously, they don't trust Daoguang, and they may not trust the people in the army. The key to achieving good results in all plans is that Daoguang's harassment of India can greatly damage the prestige of Britain.

Once Britain's prestige is damaged, there is a high probability that Rakshasa will jump out to fight for European hegemony, and the European countries that follow Britain will also be shaken. In order to stabilize people's hearts, Britain can only show its toughness to Ming and at the same time They dare not make a complete break, so they can only carry out an arms race according to Da Ming's script.
"I can serve as the head of the naval advisory group stationed in Daikin!" Zhuge Weidao said, "I can stay in Daikin until Britain suffers serious setbacks!"

"But," Zhuge Weiyong said, "Jin Kingdom is a landlocked country, without a navy!"

Yes, without the Navy, what would the Navy Advisory Group do?
Zhuge thought for a while, and smiled: "Brother 51, although Dajin is a landlocked country, our Daming navy still has a place to play and will play a key role! So we need to send a huge naval advisory group!"

"Okay," Zhuge Weijiu said with a smile, "this old man is waiting for your words, but empty words are not enough, you have to come up with a real plan!"

"No problem!" Zhuge Weidao said, "Before my younger brother's marriage leave ends, we must prepare a practical plan."

"Very good!" Zhuge Weijiu said with a smile, "Brother One Hundred and Eight, do you have any other requests? Let me tell you."

To make people work hard, you have to give some sweetness, right?
Zhuge Weidao really had a request, he smiled and said: "Master, my brother knows a very, very important big project. The family must make a big bet!"

"What project?"

"Car!" Zhuge Weidao said, "a vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine that burns gasoline!"

(End of this chapter)