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Above the Pacific Ocean, dozens of columns of black smoke rose straight into the sky.

On the blue sea, dozens of giant iron-armored ships separated from the rolling waves, moving their steel bodies. These Ming navy ships with powerful guns and strong ships were arranged in two rows, with hunting rifles hanging on them.

The sun and moon flags. Between the two columns, there are also twenty or thirty huge freighters and passenger ships. At a glance, it is obvious that these passenger and freighters are temporarily recruited. The Ming Navy flags are also hung on the blue background and the red sun and moon.

Flags. Some Ming army infantrymen wearing green military uniforms and large military caps were holding their arms on the bows and sides of these civilian ships, pointing at the majestic ships escorting them.

His face was full of pride.

The Ming Navy ships escorting these civilian ships were all newly launched ships - the legendary "Ming Dumpling Ships"!

Although the industrial strength of Ming Dynasty has been ranked first in the world for many years, this does not mean that Ming Dynasty is the first in all industrial categories. The shipbuilding industry of Ming Dynasty is only the second in ten thousand years, and the United Kingdom has been the No. 1 for a long time.

1! It was not until the past two years that shipyard construction projects in various places promoted by Ming Dynasty's "One Thousand Ships Plan" were completed and put into production, that Ming Dynasty's shipbuilding capacity surpassed that of Britain and became the first in the world.

The world's best shipbuilding ability, of course, must be the world's best "dumpling"!

However, this "dumpling" cannot be made casually, and too many "backward dumplings" cannot be made, otherwise they will be eliminated in just a few times, which will not be worthwhile. Therefore, in the early days of the war, the shipbuilding industry of the Ming Empire was not crazy.

The investment in the Hero Class resulted in the construction of quite a lot of civilian ships - the reason why the Ming Dynasty's shipbuilding industry was not as good as the UK's was that the Ming Dynasty's shipping industry was not as good as the UK's. Therefore, the total tonnage of civilian ships retained by the Ming Dynasty was also less than that of the UK.

And the role of civilian ships in a world war that requires the deployment of troops over long distances is quite huge!

Therefore, in the first two years after the war broke out, shipyards across the Ming Dynasty built a large number of "Nandao Ships", "Nanyang Ships" and "Nantan Tankers". Among them, the "Nandao Ship" was a passenger ship and the prototype of the six aircraft-carrying frigates.

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"Nanyang liner" is a bulk carrier with a standard displacement of 15,000 tons and a full load of 25,000 tons. It is also divided into two types: fast Nanyang liner and slow-speed Nanyang liner. The maximum speed of the former can reach 23 knots, which can keep up with the activities of the main fleet.

The latter's maximum speed is only 15 knots, so it can only transport cargo on a daily basis, but it is also indispensable!

"Southern Tanker" is, of course, a ship that transports oil. It is also divided into two types: fast and slow. The standard and fully loaded tonnage is similar to that of "Southern Ocean Tanker". Among them, the slow-speed Southern Tanker transports Borneo, Sakhalin and Sumatra.

The crude oil shipped out. The fast south tankers transport refined oil, including heavy oil, gasoline, diesel, aviation kerosene, etc. The speed of these fast oil tankers is also as high as 23 knots, which can fully keep up with the fleet. They are the "nanny" of the large fleet.

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In addition to these three types of ships used to transport troops, cargo, and oil, the Ming Dynasty's shipbuilding industry has also provided the Ming Dynasty's navy with a large number of special ships with engineering, maintenance, medical, surveying, and communications capabilities in the past two years.

Although these ships are not combat ships, their significance to this war cannot be overemphasized.

And by the beginning of 1832, the batch of "dumpling ships" that had been put out for bidding and designed before the war finally began to be "produced" in large numbers!

Although the Ming Dynasty had built many Hero-class, Zhongwang-class (including Shu Zhongwang-class), and Emperor-class battleships before this, those were only used for emergency battleships and were not really used to compete with the British Empire for world hegemony. Although

The performance of these "emergency ships" is also quite outstanding.

The real first-class dumpling ship of the Ming Dynasty is the Shihuang-class Emperor-class battleship with a standard displacement of 25,000 tons, a full displacement of 31,500 tons, and a maximum speed of 27 knots. The orders prepared by the Ming Navy Ministry for this class of battleships are a dozen -

—12 ships!

This is not over yet!

There is also a derivative ship of the Shihuang-class, which is the Guangdong-class aircraft carrier developed based on the hull of the Shihuang-class - this is a real fleet aircraft carrier with a straight-through deck and an angled deck!

The order given by the Ming Navy Ministry was for 8 ships!

In other words, the Ming Navy ordered a total of 20 warships and aircraft carriers based on the First Emperor class hull!

While the shipbuilding engineers of the Ming Dynasty were designing the "Shihuang" class, a large battleship based on the 75,000-horsepower main engine system used by the Shihuang class had a standard displacement of up to 30,000 tons, a full-load displacement of 37,000 tons, and was equipped with 8-door double-mounted battleships.

The development work of the "Dazhou" class battleship with a 360mm main gun and a speed of 25 knots was also started at the same time, and all design work was completed shortly after the design of the "Shi Huangdi" class was completed.

The first ship "Da Zhou", the second ship "Da Qin", and the third ship "Da Han" of the "Da Zhou" class battleship also completed sea trials in June 1832 and joined the Ming Navy respectively.

Pacific Fleet, Nanyang Fleet and Western Fleet, and became the flagship of these three fleets!

The admirals of the Ming Navy's fleet in this era are really happy when it comes to the "flagship selection issue". Not long ago, they "played" with the Shihuang-class and Guangdong-class, and now they have changed to the "Da Zhou" class. The standard displacement is 35,000

tons, with a full load displacement of 42,500 tons and equipped with 8 twin 380mm main guns. The design of the heavy battleship "Daming" has been completed. The first ship "Daming", the second ship "Datang", the third ship "Daming"

The start date of the "Da Sui" has been scheduled. In 24 months at most, the admirals of the three fleets of the Ming Dynasty will have to change their flagships again. This is almost catching up with the speed at which the rich N generation changes their vehicles!

And now, the Ming Navy formation escorting an entire division of the Ming Army's Southern Continent Expeditionary Corps to Pearl Harbor is composed of the battleship Daqin, the aircraft carrier Guangxi, and the "Kongming" with a standard discharge of 13,000 tons and a full discharge of 16,000 tons.

and dozens of other warships of various sizes.

All these ships, without exception, are brand new and are no more than one year old. They are dumpling ships that have just been commissioned.

Zhuge Weidao's admiral's flag is the admiral's flag, which is now hung on the mast of the "Dazhou", fluttering. He returned to the Ming Dynasty not long ago, firstly to attend the meeting of the chiefs of general staff - the Ming Dynasty has now

Eight countries including Great Britain, India, and the United States are in a state of war.

Of course Daming has to hold a meeting to discuss what to do next?

The conclusion of the meeting was, of course, to implement the battle plan to seize the Southern Continent, that is, Australia, as soon as possible.

As long as this continent is captured, the Ming court will be able to explain to the people in the country. And the people, seeing such a huge victory, will definitely continue to support the court in the war. With the industrial strength of the Ming Dynasty, as long as there are people

With the support of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how large-scale the war is, the Ming Dynasty can still fight it.

His second mission was to greet his new flagship "Dazhou" battleship, the aircraft carrier Guangxi assigned to the Pacific Fleet, and some other newly commissioned warships.

So at this moment, Zhuge Weidaozheng, Admiral Mu Zhongjun of the Ming Dynasty's Southern Continental Army, and Deputy Admiral Zheng Guoxian were standing side by side on the starboard deck of the battleship "Da Zhou", looking at the rough ocean in front of them, laughing loudly and talking about sending troops.

The strategy of the southern continent...

In the eyes of the three of them, the time to conquer the southern continent is completely ripe!
Chapter completed!