Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 345 The Northern Expedition Begins

If Yongxuan could ask for reinforcements from the Rakshasa Kingdom for him, and lead the Rakshasa soldiers to attack Shanxi.

Then Yonglin must return to rescue!

By then, Yongyan's troops will be unable to support themselves under Baoding City.

And it was at this time that Yong Rong was waiting for the fighter plane.

How should I put it, if he faced Yongyan's men alone, Yongrong would still be somewhat sure of winning.

When Xiao Yunzi heard this, he clasped his fists and went to deliver the order.

Yongxuan also accepted the order and prepared to pack up, leave the capital, and lead the team out of Zhangjiakou to Kulun.

As time passed, various ministries in the Qing court mobilized one after another.

Zhili was once again shrouded in the clouds of war.

The purpose is to prepare for the launch of the sail battleship built by the Ming army!

In early March of the fifth year of Xuanwu's reign, the Ming Dynasty also received news that the Qing court's civil war had broken out again.

Without any hesitation, Zhu Jing'an immediately led his troops out of Beijing and headed east along the Yangtze River, preparing to join the main fleet of the Ming Navy at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Soon, in mid-February of the fifth year of Xuanwu in the Ming Dynasty, the coalition forces of Yonglin and Yongyan reached the gates of Baoding City.

Zhu Jing'an will personally direct the battle to regain the capital.

Facts have proved that Zhu Jing'an's plan was right.

Ready to pull anchor and set sail at any time!

Now the Ming Army's first sail battleship has just been built, and the crew needed to operate the ship has been quickly equipped.

Zhu Jing'an's idea was that he would rather have people wait for the boat than ask the boat to wait for people.

Then, he would personally lead the army northward by sea, complete the landing operation in Tianjin, and then regain the capital.

Now Daming has formed a relatively complete sailor training process.

In addition to having ships for them to operate, Ming Dynasty also established a maritime school in Guangzhou and hired many foreign sailors as instructors and teachers, specifically to train crew members and sailors for Ming Dynasty who could go to the oceans.

They began to engage in a fierce offensive and defensive tug-of-war with Yong Rong's troops guarding Baoding City.

The Shanghai pier was covered with sails, and Ming army warships were docked at the pier, loading supplies and ordnance.

After some repairs, it was used by the Ming army as a training ship!

Among these sailing battleships, except for one that was a new ship built by the Ming Dynasty, the remaining ones were captured by the Ming Dynasty from foreigners during the war to regain Macau.

During this period of time, the Ming army used these captured warships to train many sailors and sailors who were able to use Western-style soft sails and operate Western-style sailing ships.

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Soon, Zhu Jing'an arrived at the Shanghai Pier at the mouth of the Yangtze River with a large amount of troops and supplies.

It will pave the way for Ming Dynasty to move further towards the dark blue after unifying the world!

Here, in addition to a large number of traditional Chinese warships such as Guangzhou Fuchuan, there are also several Western-style sailing battleships.

Standing on the deck of the third-class sailing battleship named Zheng He, Zhu Jing'an looked at the dock with a slightly excited expression.

Because he knew that after this battle, the countdown would begin for Ming Dynasty to complete its mission of unifying the world.

The reason why this sailing battleship was named Zheng He was naturally Zhu Jing'an's idea.

Because Zheng He's seven voyages to the Western Ocean set a precedent for ancient Chinese ocean navigation, and also promoted the prestige of the Ming Dynasty outside the region.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Jing'an chose to name the Ming Dynasty's first self-built sail battleship after Zheng He.

"Report, Your Highness, most of our soldiers have boarded the ship!" "As long as the supply ship is loaded with supplies, our army can set sail!"

Zhang He, the fleet commander of the Ming Dynasty Navy, came to Zhu Jing'an and reported.

When Zhu Jing'an heard this, he nodded slightly.

"very good!"

"There must be enough supplies of all kinds. Our army's combat goal in this battle is not only to regain the capital of Zhili, but also to inflict heavy damage on the Qing Tatars as much as possible if possible, and take advantage of the situation to regain Shanxi, Henan and other places."

"If the supplies are not loaded enough, the consequences will be serious!"

Hearing this, Zhang He nodded to express his understanding.

Zhu Jing'an walked towards the cabin, preparing to inspect the situation inside the cabin.

Under Zhang He's guidance, Zhu Jing'an came to the bottom gun deck.

He walked up to a cannon and reached out to touch it.

A technician from the artillery workshop of the Ming Dynasty Nanjing Arsenal saw this and introduced it.

"Your Highness, this artillery is the Xuanwu Four-Year Type 120 naval gun newly developed by Nanjing Arsenal."

"The gun is 2.4 meters long, with a diameter of 20 times. The gun body is made of special steel. The firing method is flint firing. It can fire various types of ammunition such as solid bullets, blooming bullets, shotshells, chain bullets, etc."

"Built-in rifling can cause precise strikes on targets within a range of three thousand meters!"

This naval gun was finalized and started production at the end of last year.

Its biggest highlight is not its range or accuracy, but its ability to perfectly adapt to the use of new ammunition and its ability to withstand the chamber pressure generated when new propellants are ignited.

After the Ming Dynasty overcame the mass production difficulties of new gunpowder, it was time for the Ming army's artillery to be updated.

There is no other reason. The original old artillery is really unable to withstand the chamber pressure generated when the new gunpowder is ignited.

If the Ming army continued to use old artillery, it could only continue to use the original black powder as the propellant of the artillery.

The range and power of artillery will be greatly limited!

In order to solve this problem, several arsenals in the Ming Dynasty began to work overtime on research and development.

Then, this new type of artillery was released!

This cross-sea battle of the Ming army was the first actual combat test of this Xuanwu four-year-old 120 naval gun.

Zhu Jing'an believed that he would be able to get a satisfactory answer in this practical test.

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Soon, the Ming army's fleet finally completed its material supplies and began its mighty march north.

This time, the Ming army's fleet included not only warships belonging to the military, but also a large number of civilian ships.

These civilian ships spontaneously followed the Ming army's fleet, preparing to provide material supplies to the fleet, or help the Ming army resell the spoils and profit from them.

In this regard, Zhu Jing'an adopted an attitude of turning a blind eye and did not stop it.

Because, although the current Ming army fleet has brought enough supplies, it is possible that if there is an accident and the supplies are consumed too quickly.

The accompanying troops of these merchant ships were equivalent to adding a layer of insurance to the Ming army.

If there is a shortage of food, you can still get it from those merchant ships!

In other words, to the Ming army, those merchant ships were like large health packs that moved on their own.

Zhu Jing'an refused them to follow the fleet until he was full.

After the Ming army's fleet left the port, it began to turn northward, heading northward along the continental shelf...

The morale of the Ming army was quite high, and the shouts of the Northern Expedition almost resounded through the entire fleet, shaking down all the birds in the sky.

(End of this chapter)